Crash Magazine Issue 59

NO. 59 DECEMBER 1988

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readers a begin n«r'f, guide to
Oyngwjnj And Oragonf, the
hofa€y now inspiring dozens of
compulergamfs,
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REGULARS~

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114 nOftNKHE

163 UOYDMAtiGRAM'S FORUM
175 COMMS
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179 ETAL

191 OtASK CHRISTMAS CMAl'
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4 CRASH Christmas Specal 1986

REVIEWS

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FULL INDEX

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• Sega sporc/ier sears Spectrum

One of Iho hottflsl coin-ops
of ax timftr^ arrived. You
begin y(x»r mission beir>g
cataputietd on the d«ck of a
bttulihJ'ny-ctrawn aircraft
carriBr. Ortce airtxime ycsu come
under atlack from wave after
wave of enemy jets, half afmed

wtti macfiine guns. Ihe other
half relyirvg on mi^si (es . To evade
them the F- 1 4 can bank tefVnght
and even pe<i1omi a 360- roll
(with practice] ~ it's also
equipped wrth those essential
aflorburners for extfa thrust -
turn rhenn on/off with space bar

TOO HOT TO HANDLE?

• ConMfv* your mlaiites for th* rvaUy tougli sactlona.

• Oont day ttUI - ka^p moving UM and right to avoki (HMtrty

ptlMWS.

• Slow down 10 fty through th« tricky cdnyon tteetlon.

• tl ■ misii* is on your tail, g«t ovt of n» path and 8M>w (town
toletttpMS.

Th« one game abova alino«t all olhara I thought lfT»po«slbl«
lo »ijccac«futly convarl has arrived - arMl totBlfy amazed me.
The ipead is itantsstic. Each level of the game is a difrerant
colour moinoetvome with sma4l hut wall -defined jets f tying by
and brilliant graphics at tti« tMigtnntng and end (^ each l«vel.
The Spectrum veraten doesn't seem to have lost any of the
speed, but the graptilcs on the ground have been reditced
from the brightly ookMjrad hoyaaa and structures of ttw
aroads machine to ^ust buahaa - but tNs doesnt effect ttw
game too drastically, the playabiflty ta atill thare. The mul-
tiioad is a bH annoytng but nothing can be done about that
and - 3 owners will hardly notice H Attarbamar Is a great
gams, you'll be a fool to miss it

NICK "S

To rep+y in kind tfie F-14 is
armed with a unlimrted cannon
fire and a couple of dozen
extremelY u&e1u\ heat -seeking
missiles. Emm mtssiles are
provided by the automatic
refueiling stages- either landing
on a oinway or mid-air refuelling,
Including these stages there are
23 levels (multikjaded three at a
lime). Apparently everything in^
the arcade §an-ie has beon
replicated (apart from the

M A n r\ breathta king

speed, amazing graphk:sand
pounding soundtrack, the
amda game was brilliant. But
fVhat about the Spectrum
version? Well, it's cei1alr«|y
fast. The nvain tprite Is simply
excellenL Some of the
backgrourKJsare Juat as nicely
detailed, wfth tanks arKJ so on,
but for Ute most perl they*re
rather empty. Sound is well
impismented with a choice of
a rousing tune or FX, Yet
despite the speed of the
graphics, and tt>e urge to see
ttierMXt stege. It's really onlya
'dodi^-^ft/rtght-and-fire'
gama. Lacking the speed and
definition o4 the arcade
original the undedylng
simpiictty ol the gamaplay la
sadly ra w a ai ad. ManaitftaiMa
lans of tfie orfgiinal will, like
m«, still love it

hydrauJiC seat I J,

Desprte the conversion's
eKhliarating speed AfterbumBr
remains of dutnous lasting val ue>
The gameplay is |ust too
repetitive, constantly dodging
around the screen finng and
trying to avoitd occasionally
irKlistinct missiles. But even so,
to begin wiih Attsftvmer really
does set your puise racing.

i^HiL a«%

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ik H«4d -to-head combat with d«ddly MiCi«

THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks; Cursor. Kempstoo. Sinclair

Qraphics: stunningly fast 3-D, although ground features aren't v^ry

detailed

Sound: catchy 1 28K title tune and irtgan^ music which can be

replaced by some hkot sound effects

Options: definabte keys. Cfwoee between ingame music or sound

effects

General rattngte great conversion of a very popular coin<op, which

perhaps loses out in ttie long run due to rts repetrtiveness

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steam catapulted into high-
speed arcade action

Presentation

83%

Graphics

84%

Sound

85%

PI ay ability

86%

Addictive qua tittes 83%

OVERALL B6%

CRASH Christfnas Special 1 see 9

Pac-Man gains an extra dimension

The yltimate consumef i$
backf And J u3t as greedy as
ever. Levels are completed
in the ege-oli:} tradilton of
gobbling down ali the dots and
pitta availatite. Naiuraity the
more consiefyation-minded
ghosts - Blinky, Pinky, Inky and
Oyde - are still haunting the
ma^es trying to catch the hero.
On later levels they're joined by

two new recruits: Sue arxi
Jumpy,

Ai the start, the player can
choose to start on Round One.
Blocit Town: Round Two. Pac-
Man's Park or Round Four,
Sandbox Lane. Tftese are all
different ma^e layouts with their
own unicpje graphics. Round
Five, (ike Thfee, is a drffefent
coloured "bonus" version of the

POPPIHG PILLS

• Dofi't forgnat you can turn in mid -Jump, thi« cotnea in very
handy for dodgirvg ghosts,

• Walt around near iMawer pUta till you get a gaggl« of ghost*
(thaft^B what they're called Isn't it?>. Now eel the pill and
gobble them all up.

• Ciear the central area of tfie ma^o first. Wheii tfte ghosts
start chafing you, make for the outside and the r>taresl
power pitl.

• You call id4ifTttfy tha Ju mptng ghosts by their f row ning faces,
tiey, look wfvo it is, its my old mate the over-inflated banana,
p>ediiaps better known as PaC'Man. This tkne tw's tn glortous
3-D and futi of bouncy Jumps, Graphic* are good and the
soiirkd Is really cheeriul ^ helping simulate exactly the same
fun aa In the arcade, PAC-Mania is an aKcellent eoitveiralon of
ttw arcade machine , . . but still just a Psc-illan game. Qreat
praaantation admittedly, t^ul I ^on't know If it's original
enough to keep you playing for all that long.

2_2!1^^ power plif before fnky

munches you

MICK 70%

previous maze. Round Six 10 the
wondedul Jungly Steps, after
whieh all the remaining 16 are
recotoured versions of the four
basic mazes - jusi like in the
arcade onginal, Due to their
fnCTeaspng difficufty, a lol more
bonus points are awarded
accwding to the round you're
on.

Hetpir^ you on your way to a
hugepdnts total are thefaniiUar
power pitts. luining the ghostly
hunters mio prey lof a (very)
short lime. Also ol use is Pac-
Man s newly-found ability to
jump over his old foes - but not
his new ones, so look out for Sue
and Jumpy when they arnve.
WttUe wondenng wt>ethe< it's
Qyde or Jumpy on your tail you
might also cast your eyes over
the bottom of Ihe screen. At
various times an object icon will
appear here. If you then rush to
the centre of the playing area
PaC'Man will be able to grab it.
Look out fee cherrtea, apples,
sweets, mugs of csofteft, and
t>ananas, aii with varying bonus
point values. €ven more useful
are special green and red power
pillB; green gives lurtw speed.
whi4e red nukes ghosts edible
for big bonus points.

Thts is the biz! Theghostsand
backgrounds are monochf ome,

but nlc^ drawn and very cuts.
Pac-Wen himsell tsyelkjw,
clashing a touch with the
backgrounds, but that's only a
slight flaw. As for sound, 1 2(1K
owners ore ireaied to some
acceptable tunes, whilst 46 K
owners tiave good champing
effects Nevedhelew
undemeathallihe apeciBd fO< it' s
jusi another Pac-Man game,
albeit a very good one,

MAflK T7%

DUII Oh^nrta of little faith; I
r n ILthowght that there
was no way this great Namco
coin-op could be adequately
converted. But in fact some
wonderful program n>ir>g has
prov«d me wffong. The
scrolling** pratty dam
smooth, the aprites are well- 1
defined arKl not too slow
eithar. Fufthermoni, the
programmers haven't stucit
strictty U> monoctwomt and
haiw managad to have a
yellow Pac-Man champing
through a dflfarant cetouiad
maze. Even mora amniiig tn
Oie absolutely brilliant in-
game 12SK tunes - some of
the catchiest I've heard on tfie
Spectrunv. Of course,
teclmical ejicell«nc« can^
solefy rnaka a graat ganw, but
Pag- Ma n ie is sttch a great
coin-op wnd aU of its
Innicactes are here THta la
onaof Iha mosi playable
gauMS I've seen - even if it is
only a soupe<f-up version of
Pdo-Man. Highty addictive^ a
pieasiure to watch and listen to
- what more do you want?? (A
free coin-op from Orandalam,
Phil? -Ed.)

00%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks; Ci^Sor, Kempston,
Sinclair

Qfaphtoa: well-drawn sprites in
fairly smooth-scrolling isometric
mazes

Sourid: Superb, catctiy m-game
Pac-Music

Optiona: music on/off. Choice
between three starring levels
General rating: a very ccmpe-
leni conversion of the com -op.
Not very onginal but very play-
able all the same

Presentation

81%

Graplitcs

61%

Sound

84%

Playablltty

79%

Addictive qualities %2%

OVERALL 82%

The Prototype Had Jlst One Feature Too Many,

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Tipires, mo «nd Ovee headed
Che hesd wfi fly u you on
[ te own, nm wrfien you think you are
galninc the upper hand ,
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tak^ and oceans.
Coiece Icofu to buld up tne oit
rwceoary to fight off your atpcsson. i
Action and excitement all ihe way
with iht( macabn aixl unusual game;
which ha^ that etushre extra jomediinBi
to keep you co«nlnsb«d( for more.

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Atiw irte itinlls and spills of
theCHympics. S^jper^pofls
gffefB the chance 10
potictp^e in seme stranger
fivonts - well perhaps not as
strange as synchfontsedi
swmmingl Up to four players
can compete in tfie five quirky
events (m<jltik>aded), while the
'zany' eomnieniator, GiitMd.
make& some often quite
nstitH^ commants in his
speech bubbl«.

First ofl IS the Crack Shot
shooting range, where in a
doDdoctty seedy street, targets
pop up ftrxn behind wal is or sikje
hodjFontaily aiong Ih^ ground,
white tin cans and pJates lly
Ihrougl; the air. Armod witii a
poweffut rjfVe. you aim to score
as many points befoce the one
afid a haW- minute time linni!
SKpres, Hovwver, shooting alley
cats loses you points.

After the relaxing first event,
it'a time to gel really daring as
you attempt the death-defying
Ove Devil Diive. After dimbing
up the tower to the desired
height - artything from 40ft to a
verti9o4m^jcir^ 400ft {alnrosi
as h^h as CRASH Towersf}. the
tfitrepid diver descends at an
adarming rate, performing a

variety of clever moves. But
here's Itie catc^, this «n't
exactly an Otynipic-size divmg
pool hes heading for - 11 's a tmy
tub' So the slightest inaccuracy
results in a splitting fieadacf^l

Third event is the Slate
Smash, in which the multt-
talented competitor smashes
I he tiles held up by two blubtter -
bellied Sumo wrestlers, by
k^ing and punching. Again a
one and a half-mmute time limrt
isgiven.

Cross Bow shooting con'ies
neitt as yoo use skill to aim at the
target, taking into account the
wind speed And finally, the
strangesi event of tfie lot is the
Underwater Assault Course
(honestly. You must watch out
for nasty, stinging letiyfish and
exploding mines as you
negotiate the obstacie-strewn
course, collBcting gotd coins on
ttie way.

All the weird events are well-
impiemented and somewhat
humoroiiiS, especially with the

A SPtATt^ProphnltCiptioniPtC

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• AvioM shootki^ alley cats 4n the first event, but titast evary*
thiriQ etse to smtttHfreene.

« In the diving, try to keep the diver directfy above ttie tub of

water at ail limes for accuracy points.
« In tlw archeiy, lake account of the wlirxl spaad' and distarkca

of lh« target when ftrlnct.

• In ttw underwater rtg, come up (or air |ust before a
Jong Una of surface oostactas, so you can swim all ttie way
underneath them.

Suptfwporta is yat amythar multiple sports s^nHriation to
make the iob of cftooaing the game for you even fiarder. Tfila
is one of the tietter ones on the market, thoihgh, with good
gnphics, aound and the odd bit of humour thrown Jrn for good
nMMure. The Diving is tfie best event in my view, you can
chooae from a variety of heigfrts and It's a great laugh wfian
you rrriss the tub of w'>t''^ ^nti your little guy gats splurtad! As
expected there is a ^. but it doesn't spoil enjoyment

too much. Or^e of the ueuer sports slmulattons arowid.

MICK TB%

Ul A Dl/Yes it had to happen didnM it, the Olympics have set
IVlnnrVthe software companies rataasing a spate of sports
game (welt, Qremtin mostly). We avgukled through the events
in St^M>rapofts by the smiling face of GlJbert. the zany
commentslor who witters away between events, informing you
of ttw tasks ahead. Presentation is very good, with each event
tMirig nicely drawn and nnimated. my particular favourites were
Crack Shot and State Smash, but the whole game ts very
playable. Shoot GIUMft ar>d this would be s great game - well H
is anyway, so ctMck it out

r Cam«fon Vrt \txnt on St/penpofts

witty quips irom Gilbert the
commentator. Thankfully ttiere*s
virtually no joystick-waggling
involved « skill and ludgment are
required for success. Allhougih
hardly awe-in^if mg,
Super^Kjns is a competent,
whacky sports game, which is
definitely worth a k^Ok.

PMIt TT%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks: Cursor, Kempston.

Sinctair

Qraptifcs: welt-drawn, morroc-

hromatic sprites on Colourful

backdrops

Sound: adequate spot effects

Options: practise any muS-

tiloaded event

General rating: not to betaken

too Stfiousiy, but a whacky relief

from the cut'tfmMt wortd of the

real Olympics

Presentation

77%

Graphics

81%

Sound

34%

Playability

79%

Addictive quatities

75%

OVERALL 79%

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About 150C y6&r& ago.
accof ding to those
dubious histDnan^ at
Gremljn. the British Isles wore
caRsd Atbton and ita people
cfivkled amongst Ihemsetves.
Setting out to unite ttw people
jind make a single nation was a
Welsh hero called Kinnod«: - no,
sorry. King Arthur, no, darnji,
actually ft's Artufa. Now rathec
than commission some
senously flash TV octe, Artura
aims to do this by recovering
some stolen tfeasyre,

lignonng Call up and MORI,
Artura starts hts quest by
seeking advice from his old
friend Meniyn the i^m*-

Untortunately Mefdyn's
vanished and Margaret. I mean
Morgause, has kidnapped
Mefdyn's apprentice, To rescue
him and recover the treasure
Artura sets out for Morgause's
Dun (?). Before he can arrive,
however, Morgause contacts Ye
OJde Flea Stf eel arKl hordes of
vkle creatures rush to defend her.
Armed CMily with a sword Artura
must defeat these insects, birds
and ugly looking guards while
preserving his energy

If you think politics is boring be
warned, Ihis game makes il all
seem very thnlling. Graphics are

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small and dull. Soond has gone I Another sirrrplistic 'collect^aitd'

on holiday wrrh playabtltty I kill-all' game

fihanng the same hotel room. I MARK da%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks; Cursor. Kempsion. Sinclair
Qraphtcs: detailed but mostly yellow monochrome
Sound: buzzy Irtletune but virtually no effects during play
General raiting: a very mediocre arcade adventure with littie lasting
appeal

DM11 ^^ *''^* sight, Artura looks promising with some woll-
I n J iL animated characters. Unfortunately actual gameplay is
repellttve, with little variety In rooms or action, Fighting off
soldier after ftold^ aoon iMComm irritating white energy falls at
an fllermlfig rato. Even mora perlurtitno Is the way the hero can
gel stuck in certain iwrt* of th« landscape, with escape an
impossibihty. This annoyance epitomises the gen«ral lack of any
ptavabHKy ^ even mapfiing fans shoutd leave this well al>i>ne.

42%

Prdsentation

49%

Graphics

&5%

Sound

24%

Playability

41%

Addictive qualities 34%

OVERALL 38%

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pro-am. included with it is an
easily completed example
game, requinng the main
program for eKecution.

Baswaliy , 2-D Game Mak^or is
a utility to design arcade
adventures. A row of »cons allow
you to change the design of the
included game or just start from
scratch, designiflg your own
spntes, rooms arvd objects etc.

Both objects and the main
character sprite can be
redesigned, The latter also has
eight stages of an i mation and 30
can be made to walk . or even Flly .
Sprites ere designed by moving
a Cursor around a grid,
repr^wnting an anlafged
veriton Of thia four»ot«racter

T Designing your own sprite with 2-D Game Maker

block Sprites. Once des^ned.
objects can be placed in any
screen, using a simple menu
system. In ihe garr»e proper,
objects can be picked up.
'dh'c^jped and used to remove
various walls and piatfonns to
allow further progress -

Up to 64 different rooms may
t)e iTtapped out, using tfteir
corresponding hexadecimal
numtters. One must be
designated to the starting
screen (wfiere tfie game will
begin) vrhile another must be the
fintshing screen (reaching this
rT>eans con-kpletionol Ihe gafrw}.

Other aspects which can be
altered include scrolling text
messages which accompany
each screen, the path of the
mam character's jump and the
vanous sound effects. Gravity
and up/down controls can also

MARK,

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Whiie rt takes a
t while to master,
you can have great lun with
this: fiddling around creating
your own spntes. scrolling
messsBes and loads more
besides. Sprites, in particular,
CAn be really hilarious,
Unfortunatelythe' designer' Is
- ' l^ps m ore of a basic
! ..d'de/adventure with knotiis
to tweali various aspects.
Actual ptayabiflty Is therefore
on the weak side, but it slltl
kept me Kaj^pily occupied lor
awhile.

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be switched on/oft.

But despite aJi these options.
what you always end up wrlh »s
essentially a vei^ simpltstic
arcade adventure/platform
game with riO scope for anything
very different . AHhough fun for a
while, the designer just isn't
llexittle enough to enaNe tf>e
creation of original games and
you always get the feeling thai
you're onfy making superficial
alterattons rather tt^an really
designing your own game.

THE ESSENTIALS

J>oysticks: Cursor, Kempston,
Sinclair

Graphics: simple sprites, txjt a!
(east you can redesign thernp
Sound: simple spot effects
which can also be altered
Options: definable keys and too
many olhers 1o mentionl
General rating: Rdtfl ing with tf>e
designer is great fun, but sadly,
the gan^ you end up with can
never be very good

Pmantation

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Graphics

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Sound

31%

Playability

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Addictive qualities 51 %

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An orgy of violence, but no sex (we're British}

tand to ■tSwitlon Mitwn
I'm tenting to you

■oMilvH Tnat'a b«tt«r,
nofW here's your
mteston. Uwm your Uzi

BulHTiaeNnft gun to blast,
mdiigle H^ pnalm your way
across a horiionlfllty-scroHitlfl
batllerieJd hllod with enomy
troops, helicopters, and
arnwurfld cars.

four mission begins wrth
you being parachuted into
hostile terrttory to locate an
enerrry concentrat»on camp
and Inm thm capthiM tia^d
thw«^ You start off with just
t^tvtn eHfm of ammo and five
grMMdes - no aJt you {lutof're
mafdiwit* arain trouble. Only

real so(dief«, mih »n accurate
eye and careful trigger f in^r
need apply tiOf e. Your mission
is split mto six sections, three
k>ads for 4eK owners. o«e
massive load for 1 2aK owners
The seel ions are;
ComfTtuntcation Setup,
Jungle, Villege, Powdef
Magazine, Concent r.ition
Camp and Mrport. On each
Ic^el t!>e landscapes skmrty
pan before your first-person
perspective as you move your
cursor sJghts in search of
targets . Presskvg f ire k icks off
the Uzl, vitm Space bar has
you (obMng a grenade.

As the lan4K«pes«±rolls
before you. soMlers parachute
dOMnwarcIs, others run on
firing away, whdo tieticopters,

^^«r latest batch of tupplis, ,et dropped in

4 VVaith out. here tw"« »'^«
tays*ry

boats end tanks amive lo make
things realty intefo sting.
Vehicles require numerous
sitotsto b« deslroyed, unless
you use a grenade. As in the
arcade tfiere's also masti¥e
Scfmrananaggar lookalHie
who aiipear right in front of
you aiming a gun. On later
levels these wear bullet-proof
jackeia aoyeu have to hit them
In the head. Also requiring fast
reactions tir o the daggers and

grenades lobbed atyou, th«*e
can be shot in mid -sir, if you're
quick enough.

To th« side of the ptaying
screen is an ammo counter, a

r n I Lmoment yoii kiad it
up (a rvd boy doositUikealong
time on a 1 28K( you kno w that
this version ol Operdfjon IVoff
is of Itte Mghest quattty.
TyplcaUy atmosphertc
Jonathan Dunn musk (which
admittodly is a bit like that on
Dalay Thompson's Olympic
ChaUenge) »cooni|>ante8 the
tiUe screen. Then before
starting your mission^ oven
more t^ftKtunetets welcome
you io iho action itself. And
whut 4iclion there is too. all
viewed in first -person
perspective, as if you were
realty there. Rapid- hring
soldiers positively pour onto
the screen fay the dozen,
sometimes lotitiing grenades
and fcfilvest While the welt-
drown tanks and heMooptem
are even more dangerous, so
W a ixjst as woU thai you slart
with plenty of ammo. The
immonso pieyability of the
coln>op has really boon
captured inwtiat must rank as
one of the year's best
conversions. Once you start
playirtg It's almost impossible
to loar yourself away. And
th;))ikfultv. Ui« level of
die pitcheii iiljif

ovon uiQugh it's toug«i. n isnt
quite impossiMe - 1 did
manage to complete h
(although clever clogs Rot>ln
Hogg of TQM (see this month' s
Special Inter- magaalno
Challenge) hasn't yet^. What
m ore could anyone ask for in a
stioot''em-up7 -> Operattott
Wotf simply i;t the Intslness.
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• Collffct wwry a¥ajlabl« pkiCA of aminunttlon, «sp«cUilly tfM
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• Sbv» your flf«nBdttftforr«adlytlgh* spots and wh«n sttscked
by II pair of h«licopfsfS stc akn ba tv w f i ttiniti to destroy
bottv wtth WM shoiL

• K««p an lys out for Ihs IHtfs bO(tll«a of i^otion which rsstors
yourwMfsy.

• The btg, butch guys on Lsvst Four can only b* shot {n th«
h«ad.

tllwrtys kssp sn sys on Itw stMua r»»d>ouls, suddonly
finding your Uzi all out of smmo is not a ploaswit surpiiM.

• ShcxK »n«fny grsftsdos and hnlvas before they hit you,
Tht llrsi thing thst lilts you is usuaify a 7.62mm butlat, but
•flir thst you t«nd to notlea Aome supsf- smooth scfoHing
and excelterTt graphics. Blasting sound affacts ara fifia «nd
hsip mafct tiiis a reaJfy ptayabto arcsada convarston. My only
rttemnitiofi I4 that the gamaplay might lack a little variety, but
wNhout doubt this (a a firat class s^ot«'«m-Hip and Just the
Vkkm for getting rid of all tha Chfjatmaa tima Irritation sf
rsiativsft telklfko through Indiana Jonvs And Tfw farnyito Of
Doom.

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damage melor and three
icons. The tatter inform the
playsf of how many man,
tanka, and boats etc have to
tM dostroyod belore a sacior
ia cleared. Extra ammo and
gr«n«<f«s ara avalltf}l« by
shooting the relevant icons
which appear onscreen, also
bullets wHh an g upon tfiem
incraa«e y our rate of f i re . whi^a
builats with a [^ decrease the
amount of danwga kvnictad on
you. Apart front ttM human
targets, various animal* atoo
pop up from time lo time,
shoot them end occasionatiy
you'll got food to tioost your
energy. What you »houkln*t
Siiool, however, ere tha
nurses and children (terrible
temptation) t>ecause this
drains energy.

If ttia red tide of your blood
t*Hs up ttie energy metre than
the game Is ovsr, t}ut
thardffuily tfiara is a continue

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play option which restarts the
level you're on if you want.
This in allowed only once
however.

At firat it's a little tough
moving the cursor around and
hitting the keytward grenade
koy m time. Keys are probably
most effective as Phil proved
by reaching the siJtth and final
lava! and rescuing (tie
hostages ^Me4l, one of them),
Tha sprites. despHo being
monochrome are very weil
drawn and animated so
Ittere's never any fatal graphic
confusions. The real surprise,
though, is how the arcade
playabltity has been
replicated. Despite finding it
much tougher than Phil I was
really hooked on i t . Se^ rch out
OpofBtion (Vo^when it blasts
into your local computer store
soon, but I warn you, it won't
take any prisoners.

MARK 90%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joyslieha: Cursor, KenHJSton.
Sinclak

Oraphics: a variety of very well-
drawn erMOTiles appear on
aqually-detttilad. smooth hori-
zontaUy- scrolling backdiijps
Sound: an excellent Jonathan
Dunn iiUe tun© and some ve*v
good (cind mtomiative) ingame
blasttng etfects
Options: def m^jte keys. Con-
tinue play option
General ratings s great coover*
sion ot the popular com op
which cookjin't be bettered

Presentation &8%

Gt^phJcs 90%

Sound 82%

Playability 90%

Addictive quatitfes 38%

OVERALL 91%

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«nf orcefTMftt arrives
simultaneously on
video and Spectrum
with some pretty slick effects
for txilh. The film begins with
Omn(Cons4jm*r Pro<IU€t9
(OCP) bschirig a big. walkar-
tJka droM caHcd ED209 am ttw
tjltinnaie cop. But when a
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someone an alternative

project is proposed - a cyborg
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RoboCop. The fir»t cop to be
mprdered wtiile on durty ig
Murphy and OCP rebuild him.
Frankenstein fa&titon.

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for ta&K owners) and ofMrts
with RobeCop on the best of a
hori^ontaliy'acroiiing section*
fthootirtg Snipers lookiivg
down on him, arnwd gang 1
membera, kung fu Kicking
vitlaints and chainsaw
psychos. RoboCop starts oft
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lying arcMJitd. as well as three
spsciBi weapons. If all the
buHifts ar» exhausted tlien
naboCop can use his fests. it
Ihay fail and he dies he goes
liack to the start of the section .
Whil« tm petrol RoboCop is
cbIM to the scefie of an
anauttwhifeaweHnan is
birinB h«M hcntage . Switc h jiig
to a flfst-person perspective
you muit shoul ihe> criminal
writhoul titttint) the woman. As
cm all the sections there's a
tim« lirritarvd s life is lost If you
•K««d it. After that it's back
on patJQl in a different part of
town vvith bikers comtng after
you. Here yeu also er>count»r
Imil, one of Murphy's
murderers. hldjn9 out at a
IMtrol station.

Itw picture on the left - not
easy 4n the time limit. Once
Emil has been identified
information Is prowided
leadingj RoboCop to a Drugs
Factory (Issue SS's derno
tape). Another horizontelly
Scrollingi section this er»ds
with RotjoCop learning the
leader of t he gang wh ich ki lied
him - Clarence Botticfcer -
was employed by an OCP
execMth/e. RobvCop heads for
the OCP tower and is attacked
by eOZm. Survive tiiat and
loadthrae has you desper ately
trying to escape the tower in a
horlzontally/vertkaHy
scrolling section. If you do
escape then it's on to the
JMnkyard, where Murphy was
killed, for a corrfTontotion with

IHSTANT JUSTICE

■ Learn tha poeHloos of the •nemlas in ocdar to arm clpB t e

them.
eTehe car* wHh the chainaaw p^rolwa ^ they often na*d
toade Of hKa to kUl.

• Comarva your ammunHlon by uaifiQ Iha minimum numbar
of ^ota requira<j to kill e*ch baddleL

m- Anticipate the moiort>ik« ridars and ahoot bafora tttay ectu-
ally appear onscreen.

• On ttw hoataga scraan try to anikslpaia wMch way the vi ltd in
wUI mova for a quick, eeay atioL

• In the 10 sactkm donH spend too long on one faatitra, aoffte
ovariap and until you've got a fui face Its easy to gat oon-
fuaad.

Meeting €ral| awakana
mamortas in the cytiorg that
was oncse Murphy an^
RoI>oCop goes to tf>e police's
photorn library '" load two.
Eyes, ears, chin, rwse and
hairatyle tmst be matched to

Clarence. Kill him and yoo
must then rescue the
president of OCP who's being
held hostage by the OKecuMva
who ampaoyed Clarence.

The first thir^g that strikes
you about RoboCop is tha

Cftkayt I ramambar wman
policafnan wota tflly hal<
mats, roda bicyolaa and kept
laying 'Evanlne aM^ but this
RoboCop chtpfMa Is a bit
mora Ilka a bad ja w iaart ii g
Charlaa BrenaonJ Ha mar-
dtoaaly blatts cditilnals, but
avan tlioogh he's made of
matat he aint so gf««i A ha
of anemy buncta aoo;
finishaa hkn oA, w^Ha tajm
ing in a crouch makM hin
■tend ufri At the Mme Ume,
oara muat ba taken not to
wisti your limited supply of
ammuniUon - H yoy run oul,
you're da«d meet (or should
that be drcuttrv?}. With all
these problems, RoboCgp is
Inlttolfy vary hard, but aa yoti
SaaiTi tha pattafna oJ
anamlas (Ihay appaar in the
sani* placaa av««y tfma}, you
aoon work ool a stfata g y for
auocaaa. And Wm d««iniiety
worth pa r aawa rt ng to aaa 0)e
J 'tailed backt^opa and
r.ic;ely- a nl m a t ad anamtaa.
^ .ankfuHy, ftoboCop

'■ 0sn1 lust raly on the uauoi
sir>DOt-*am-up ttiame: \\
ml^ea saverat vartad aac'
tlons tooathar. Md) requir-
ing diffarant aklNs to com-
plete, to make a truly excel
lent pa ck aga. f ana of the film
and areada bulfa tfh*. wiiii
notba d tt a p pointad.

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CRASH Christmas Special 1 968 23

charactef's animation which
is probably the best ever soen
on tlve Spectrum - it really is
that good. Scrolling is
p«^f«^c tly smooth and sound is
great, wtth sampled !»p««ch

M&RK

md Dawn

akb to iir.pfOvD Itxi b«»i:

a«fM»rin

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sitopf. Oneofth«b

Himt. ni lytiu It. I', miido om

»t?Vj

saying 'RoboCop'. Play ability.
as far aa we'v« got, is great.
Going back to the start of
sections is frustrating, «s ts
thfl ammunition limit, but
since the enemies always
follow the same patterns this
forces you to get reaily good.
Other sections, such as the ID
stage, are SurphsingSy
effective as well, making this
sn Instant Spectrum ctassiic.
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THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks: Cursor; Kempston, Sirtdair

Oraphlca: welt- animated Sprites fight it out on detailed. horufofHalty-

scf oiling backgrounds

Sound: a nice bit o1 sampled
speech and some catchy 12aK
ingame music to comptement
good shooting eHfects
Ofitions: definadsle keys, music
on/off

G«fMr»t rsting; a superb
imptsmentation of the lic^tce.
which successfully captures the
spirit of the violent lilm

Presentation

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Graphics

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Sound

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Play ability

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Addictive qualtttes

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OVERALL 92%

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Koayc«r Etoctrtc Drtans
le^ costs tsM csss

Author Bob Pap--

i

ccording to

Kirigin<i{ arcade action
*Noo!-'em-up. CRASH
readers may have <i different
opinion of this Irem
Corporation ifc«F>ce. bul, as is
so ottefi (he case, ganre
for mil I tiikt's ii brich<)f>tTl to
aclUiitpf<iy<ibility. The
scenario for all tNa is ot the
P9»e«4ul-gala Ky^beifig-
irwaded - by - hid^ous-aliens
variety. N.itLiralliya lorte
sp.iceship will hiivp a betlcf
chanco against the al)«fis Ih.in
ttw galHjiy's mossed fleet?
and BE for the pilot . . . wed,
Ihnfik you for volunteering.
Very br,»v^ of you.

The i3tes( apflcefightor
techr^otogy (I thought this was
a pe,ice1ui pliice - Ed) is
rcprescntftd by tht> awesomo
R-0, Aiiinglo-soat shjp KHitiiiHy
armed with |ust a at.indard R-
tfp* \a^ef. Whifc rather leeble
m rapid firp mode, by holding
down tiro for a few SE>conds
you can discharge a massive
Wue fireball which destroys
virtualty all m its path.

Further weaponry can be
added to your ship by
coltocting the glawing ortis
dapMited by the remains oi a
largi* number o1 Msslaill
aii<?ns Add-on wetlportt
include* misaMStfl more
powerful l«Mr atid a small
ramote cratt which flings out
tHiHata at an amaclnfl rate,
Thftta ara leat when you die,
•osomc pretty niny (tying is
needed 1o get (af into the
eight, muiti loaded teyeis.
Ranged against you are

swarms ot alien fighters to
chaso you around the screen,
ground-basod missito
launchers setting a stream ot
roc kets on youf iall« and rapid •
fir* gun turrets. An almost
aquatiy formidable threat is
provided by the scenery -
collisions with which are
lethal. Then, of course, there's
the end-af 'level guardian
which wfll take all the
firepower you can muster to
defeat it.

The guardians, like the rest
of Ifw 9am*« look very good
indeed. Attacking ships in
particular are welt-drawn and
animated with some really

► Mke knowing yov Cameron

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good, tittghi colours. The
I l*roci*v of the 3lier*s' attacks
mighl put seme people off at
thi ftirt. ev«n Nick had
pfOblem^ fhnt^hing Ihg first
l#^el, but don't grve upl Once
you've had « bit of prac tise you
can get tome great thriHs
squendng through ainaf ingly
unail spacer with a horde of
Woad^thir«ty aliens on i|rour
tM< CoAerstuiation^ to
Bvctric Dreams for retaining
, the frervetic,

i,,,«loo»tup

arcade feel and

producing such a bnlliant

game. liJiRK »1%

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R-CADE R-TISTRY

• Flr» rapidly to destroy the wmM •n^mies.

• Use blue plaflma bolts to dMtroy mi»ftJto ltur»ch»rs ar>d
lafge alkens.

• Collect as many extra weapons as possJt>le for further on in
the current level.

• Make sure you don* I crash into thft aoMifrry wfwn you're
blast! rtg like m»d^

• Knock out the end- of- level monster's eyvs and gat right up
to its mouth to tilast it to smithereona.

• Be oaraful at the vtart of the vacond taval; camouflaged
nastiaa pop out frofn balow and abova you.

This Kat got to t>« tha arcad«
convamion of the decade
{well at least the past Itvaa
months!. I know I've said that
Conversions have been good
b«fo<«, but R-Typ6 is rrtega!
Tha amount of colour, sound
and axcellant graphte^ that
have been packed into tt wiJI
Just Hnock you over. Some of
tha sprites almost till up lh«
antira scraan and they take
4ulta a Nt ot pound^g
b«foi-« they're dafaated, Vou
collect more weaponry as
you destroy each wave of
aliens and when youhavattia
lot, you're aimost unstoppa-
ble. Presentation is highly
polished with excd^lent tMe
and loading screens, plus a
multitude of levels for you to
blast through. This is an
abaoltite must for every
•foada shoot- 'am-up fraak,
you gotta buy ttl

NICK e3%

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Joysticks: Cursor. KefTPpslon.

Sir.?"Jriir

Graphics: colour is used vary

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r;i,Ti5hes don'i spoil the detatted.

f.i< J- moving sprites

Sound: plenty o1 rtoisy ejects

durifKf play

Options: detin,^ bio keys

General rating: Iho fremied

act (Of T really sets pulses racing ■

a sjjr[xtsingly good conversion

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Presentation 92%

Graphics 91%

Sound 60%

Play ability 94%

AddictJve qualities 93%

OVERALL 92%

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is here and CRASH Smashed C?l %) in
mis issue!!

Howervt vou ever wonted to zoom
up into tti© wild blue yonder in o
heSoopler gunship, armed fottieteetfi
wttti the most sophisticated weoporvy
the f oxpoyefS' cosh cor* provjde. And
tiea bkKt the ofmour-platJng off tt^e
iMttie wogon sc^ne equoliy
wQfmorgef ing country os yom own
ho* sent meet you Isn't your woU
ccN&e6MM\ pictures of Pnnce
Andrew ond Mtke Smith? Uh, \we*.
mote ttiot Prirkc© Andrew ond fvoel
Edmofids, Of courae, not evBfyone
con afford tHe uHimate (oshksn
'xc^sofv oeptctec oDc ve certginlv
^-'ecompsmin(on,|
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A'tiyrot enter this competition? You've
oireoov read ti^e first porogroph, atter

Notutoliv vou:\'e ptaved tt>e
xredible''HUWf>f e EWE?£ <Serrio on the
montns covet, and of course you wont
more, Mce swooping through aties.

jungtes and cafiyohs blasting gii that
moves. My. aren't you the homkcsoal
warmonger^ There Is o peaceful side
to things you krow. Like soof irtg otjove
some busy urban centre and
admiring the spectacular view with
the rotors whirring above ond Mike
Smith of tt>e cqntote

fSo. only ioWng, honestiv There won't
be a disc pckey in sight \vhen tt© fWB
msi PCOf ttflMwees c«mb aboard one
of the world's favourite helicopters -
the Bell Jetf^ongerobove Compietelv
locking tinted hoir and designer surts
there'll be a highly-trained plot
pjowkjing bfeoth-toktr>g fi>ght of on
hour or so over the heart of England
Coco* t^4ot even the crcode
mochirte's hydraulics could match

Second pdomM^ o ^^'onderfudy
warm, ond c9|HHy tKirmiess if r%ot
a^ ?;? ^groon - Ed) T-SwteT
embiOiOi -^ J .-. **' ♦he Thunder 8iOd&

(oQo for IS mmssur ^--^ oftz©,

unfoffunoteV^ofyoupeoce- :.e-s s
the incredibly vralent and blood-thir.
TMJWDfC ewiJf gome These software"
house just can't hteip themselves con
ttiey^ But unless you're a
monochromotic sprite, don't wofry, tt
can't horm you ond rrs pretty dom
addictive too T^ENTV-fM: people w»l!
be ser t ccpes of that. Then there s

ttiose rtiasters of ttie scole modef.
fwiotchbox. This ts exactly ttie sorr>e
shope OS it\e one in the gome - eg o
lot like the one in the Bkie Ihundm
movie, but with o peoceiceepir^
sheriffs bodge on the stdes. t hovent
stopped ploying with it since the Ed
got ft. But don't tell him, he thinks its still
over in photography!

So if you foncy your ctxsnces of
winning a tnp in ttie ctxijppef . hove o
look round the poge forttwee
drowings of vorious helicoptefs Think
you con Hdentify them'' Well go to it
Remember the judges word is fino'
and oil entries must reach us by
Jonuory 1 19&9. Send your ecitries
addressed to HOT STUFF !N
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(well what else can i say at
Christmas?), and welcome
to this magnificent (even rf
I do say it myself) 32-page
Playing Tips Special, I must
have been mad to take on

this project (many wilt

argue that I am), but I have

proved myself to be the

Inmate tipster by writing

ttil8 lot In record time- J ike,

aliout three weeks! (Big

head - Ed, Ass Ed, Phil,

I Mark, Lloyd.) The vast

i amount of POKEs, tips and

32 CRASH Ch n stmas Special 1 988

maps that have been

crammed into these

precious pages will just

blow your mind (you have

been warned!)- If you can't

find something that suits

your tastes 111 be very

surprised. (Got any ham

and pineapple pizzas? -

Phil.)

No. Phil, sorry. But, I have

got the Gunship editor

(much better than the one I

work with - but, rf it's

anything like ours, it

probably won't work!) and

performance diagram;

maps of Marauder, Joe

Blade If, Draconus, Dan

Dare IK Deviants and {deep

breath) Gurrfighter, all

excellently drawn and

painted.

There's an adventure

section for those maps and

POKES that were just too

big to be printed in this

month's Adventure Trail -

with a picture of an

attractive new mapper,

Sarah Wills (I'm always a

sucker for a pretty face),

who along with Robin
Lincoln has sent in a mega-
detailed map of Rigel's
Revenge.
For the owners of that
Romantic Robot gadget,
the Muttiface 1, there's a
complete A-Z of Multiface
POKEs on all recent games
- no more delving into the
back issues more - I'm
sure there will be many a
happy face over that! Then,

of course, there's
Ffashback and Cheat Mode,

Motel also in there
somewhere, with almost a
page each to themselvesl
Christmas is now upon
us and the CRASH office
has been festi vised, if that
is the word for it {probabty
not). Old (well he is 20 -
just!) Mr Ed finally opened
his wallet (you should have
seen the moths - as fat as
Phil's sheepi) and
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decoratJor>s for us to han
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fi^

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tf you contributed to this
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thanks a million, and

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Tliat pinbaH/breakoiff offspf-
ing , Hot Shot, was great fun it a
bit difficult for the mjnna)
Kuman-being - wti^n^ver you
wanted the bsll to go one way
it always $««me<f to go the
other! Well now you can try to
ttetter your stcore with these
totally crucial tips froffi Stuart
Ridge of Marazjoru

LfvmtOrm

The Ijftst pBfSonto have isTopt.
When you Stan , shoot the baii u p
the side shcxjls or make a pass-
age way through the bricks, Fire
th^i ball up 50 ri goes io the top
of the arena and then lum your
graviton guns the way you want
the baJI to go. After clearing atl
the bricks, lire the bail straight up
so rt hits the top of The arena (this
gives you points} ar^tj keep dotng
this until the time limit 15 up.

Bonus $t0g0

The best way to get guafanieed
jxfints IS to catch the ball, fire it
straight up and move out of the
way " the bal I shou Id then settle
on the gro-und- WaM untti the
clock says about tlvaa Mconds
t>e1ore running onto the ball kill'
ing yoursell (sounds risky,
thouah) Voij will qr* 1 ^:r:

bonus.

Lgvet Two

Thjs is qu*te a hard stage, it's
best to hold suck down and
point the gun towards the ball at
all limes, tf the ball goes into the
plasma re-energisatiQn point
(tfte hole in the middle for thie
simpte folk) then keep your gun
still with suck down - moving i!
can move the tiall out-

Leve/ TTinw

Pos^^bty tfte hardest of all tt>e
stages. Try Iq gsi the laisl brk^
as this gives you IhetXKius. U the
computer/opponent gets \i tlwn
it's hard for you lo qualify, or
even get to the bonus stage.

An easy stage, dpn't kill the
I opporwnt until you get over
BOOOO: keep spoofing the red
bricks and feplenishing them on
the other side to build up points.

Levei Five

Ttie eastest stage of all if you're
ptaying against the computer.
Just go to the er^ of your plat-
lorm (the one that's farthest l^om
youf opponent! and watch tfie
computer kill itself

OVER LAND AND SEA

There seems to be ai> abtm-
dance of car chase games
around latety: there's US
Gotd's Roadtlast^rs, the jeep
fraction of f Part One - Boot
Csmp and ttw orve we're con*
cemed with - Ov^riand&f.
Thvse are the onty tlpa yiNi1l<
need, to reatly get ttiat cus-
tomised car of yours ripping
9ver the land. There are from

Weiz Of WaKiwvtwte wtilch is a
bit V B m mf Dmn the lands in
Oveflander.

1 On^» Sfst frUsskm. choose
^^^e^ counterfett money fo start
with, you'tl need the cash.

2 You shouidn't need to spend
mofe than $2000 on fuel (or
even less iiyou use the POKE
printed et^where tn this aof-
nucopia of tips) (Even that
isn 't in my Long Word Dictto-
nBTy-iM.)

3 Spend the rest of the money
on a tuftxxhatger and three
rounds of tiuUet-proofing
(each round onfy pfoieaa
yovoncel

4 Wh&r the roaiffyoga come
from behind, it is easier to
tXiTTip them Ifrto the upturned
cars on the roadside than
shoot them. But nvhm they

I axme from ahead the oppo-
' sffe ts th9 best method.
When you know that the
i<amkaze btken^eeboiit to
appear, drive aiong one edge
of the roed. Then they wtrf
usually appear on the other
Side and sweep across the
road m front of you. gtvrng
you the c^poftunity to shoot
them.

ftyov foflowedtheearliertips
tfwri you wiiihaveno special
weapons. Therefore, when
ttw ptck-up trucks appmr.
Strye yours€0 up and hold the
fire button dawn tpr a seCond
or so. Ihts wsii automatkstty
fire two rounds and. onfy on
ttie fir^t level, this wtll be
enough to destroy them.
When choosing ecfutpment
the second time around
armour ptAtingiS 6 must, And
rarn'pjaiss mil be a heip (ar-
mournwA^syou fmmune ro
bikers and each ram^ plate
will protect once when you
crash into a bamer from
Snaits Canyon onwerd^j.
Lastly, when you do get to (he
barrms, SLOWDOWN. (Bet-
ter to be safe than sorry as
Lfoyd's granny is always
rmninding me.)

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 39

THE GREAT GUNSHIP EDITOR

Qrther round, gather round,
h«ra is the tip of the decsdel
Have you ©wer t>««n playing
that brilliant MicroProM) simu-
MrUon Gvnship an<i wi^ad you
coulff be B Cotonal with all th«
medals there was to haveT
Wall now you can, and «v«n
ch«at wtth this f antastk; prog-
rani from PeTer Tan of Singa-
pora. »f you type it in ri28K/ 2
■nd ' 3 US4CB should Kalaqt
46K BASIC mode) and run It
you can edit your service card
and save the data to tape,.
Than load tha game as normal
and go to the ofitlon of loading
in a new card. Load in your
ttaved data and all thosA
goodies will be youra. Easy!

1 REM GUMSHIP EDITOR
(C) 1988 PETER TAN
FOR CRASH
10 BORDER 0: PAPER (h
INK 7: CL5: GO SUB
6000
20 LET AS "GUNSHIP
EDITOR": PRINT AT
0.(3£-LEN A$)/£; PAPER
2; AS: PRINT ATI, 3;
PAPER 1;"(C) lose
PETER TAN FOR
CRASH"
30 PRINT TABS;" DDiS-
ptay Service
Record ' TAB 3; "2)
Load Service
Record" TAB 3;"3)
Save Service
Record' TAB3;"4)
Alter Service
Record ''TAB 3; "5) Exit
Program"
40 PRINTAT1B,7;FLASH1^
"PRESS KEY TO
SELECT"
50 LETI$:^IKKEYS:IF
IS=""0R<I$- "1"0R
IS>"5")THENGOTO50
60 GOTO(1e3*VALl$}
1000 REM DISPLAY
1010 CtStPRIMTTAB*;

PAPER 2; INK 6; "SER-
VICE RECORD"
101S PRINT **Nafne: ";
1020 LET A$"'*: FOR

N- 40000 TO 4001 B:
LETA$-A$+(CHR$
PEEK N AND PEEK
N^31HNEXTN^PRJNT
AS
1030 PRINT "Rank: ";: GO
SUB 6100: PRINT A$
1040 PRINT "Score:
";{PEEK

40021 i258*PE£K
400^#10
1050 PRINT "Cheat:

"i(" YES" AND PEEK

40049) '("NO" AND

NOT PEEK 40049)
1060 PRINT"MfA:";rYES''

AND PEEK

40046m" NO "AND

NOT PEEK 40046)
1062 PRINT *"KIA:";(" YES"

AND PEEK

40047) '("NO" AND

NOT PEEK 40047)
10«5 PRINT "Senrioa

Reprimand b: ";PEEK

40023
1070 PRINT INK 5;" MED-
ALS: "
1060 RESTORE 6500: REM

MEDAL TABLE
1090 FOR N- 40024 TO

40036; READ AS
1100 IF PEEK N--0 THEN

PRINT PEEK N;" ";A$
1110 NEXTN
1200 PRINT *0; PAPER 6;

INK or PRESS ANY

KEY TO CONTINUE "
1210 IFiNKEY$-""THEN

GO TO 1210
1220 CLE: QO TO 20
2000 REM LOAD
2010 RANDOMIZE USR

23296: CLS: GO TO 20
3000 REM SAVE
3010 PRINT 'ri; -Start tape

then press any key":

PAUSED: INPUT""
3020 RANDOMIZE USR

2331D:CLS:GOT0 20
4000 REM ALTER
4010 CLS; PRINT TAB 12;

PAPER4JNK

0;"ALTER "
4020 PRINT "1} Name","4)

Medals'' *'2)

Rank";'5)Si^ce

Repmnd"'**3)

Scored" 6) Cheat" "7)

KIA VB) MIA""9)

Exit"
4030 PRINT AT 8,7; FLASH

1; INK 6:" PLEASE

SELECT KEY"
4040 LET IS= IN KEYS: IF

l$-""OR(IS<"1"0R

|$>"9'*) THEN GO TO

4040
4050 PRINT AT 8,0,.: GO TO

(100* VALl$-4e3)
4100 INPUT "NAME (MAX

15 LETTERS)?" LINE

AS
4110 IF A$=""ORLEN

A$>15THENGOTO

4100
4120 F0RN = 1T0LEN AS:

POKE39999 NXOOE

AS(N); NEXT N
4130 FOR N = (LEN AS) - 1

TO 15: POKE

39999 • N,0: NEXT N

4150 GO TO 4030

4200 RESTORE 61 10: FOR

N 1 TO a: READ AS
4210 PRINT *0;AS;"(Y/N)"
4220 LET 1$ INKEYS: IF

tS< >"y" AND

|$<>"Y"ANO

l$<>"n"AND

iS<>"N"THENGOTO

4220
4230 IF 15= "y" OR IS- "Y"

THEN POKE 40020,(N-

1): INPUT"": GO TO

4030
4240 INPUT"": NEXTN: GO

TO 4030
4300 INPUT "ENTER

SCORE: ";SC
4310 RANDOMIZE (SC/IO):

POKE 40022. PEEK

23671: POKE 40021,

PEEK 23670
4320 GO TO 4030
4400 RESTORE 6500: FOR

N 40024 TO 40035:

READ AS
4410 PRINT AT 10,0; PEEK

N' " "'AS
4420 INPUT "HOW MANY

OFTHlS?";W:IFM-.-0

0RM>255THENG0

TO 4420
4430 POKE N.M: PRINT AT

10,0;M: PRINT

4H ;" PRESS ANY KEY

TO CONTINUE":

PAUSE
4440 NEXT N: PRINT AT

10.0.,: INPUT"": GO

TO 4030
4500 INPUT "NO OF SER-
VICE REPRIMANDS

WANTED?" SR: IF

Sfl^-OORSR -255

THEN GO TO 4500
4510 POKE 40023,3R: GO

TO 4030
4600 INPUT "CHEAT (Y/

Nj?";A$:IFA$ ""OR

AS<>"y"ANDAS<>

"n" AND A$ "Y"

AND AS- -"N"THEN

GO TO 4600
4610 IF AS 'y"ORAS "Y"

THEN POKE 40049,45;

GO TO 4030
4620 POKE 40049,0: GO TO

4030
4700 INPUT "KIA (Y/N)?";

LINE AS: IF AS "••

THEN GO TO 4700
4710 IFAS "y •ORA$ = ^^Y"

THEN POKE 40047,1
4720 IFAS "n" OR

AS "N" THEN POKE

40047.0
4730 GO TO 4030
4800 INPUT "MIA (Y/N)?";

UNEASilFAS-""

THEN GO TO 4800
IFA$-"y"ORAS="Y"
THEN POKE 40046,1

I

4610

4820 IFAS "n" OR

4830
4900
5000

5010

5020
6000
6010

6020
6030

6100

6110

6120
6500

6510

6520

AS "N" THEN POKE
40046,0
GO TO 4030
CLS; GO TO 20
REM EXIT

FLASH 1: CLS: FLASH
0: PRINT AT
10,12:"BYE BYE!"
RANDOMIZE USR
REM LOAD AND SAVE
RESTORE 6020: FOR
N- 23296 TO 23323:
READ A; POKE N A
NEXTN
RETURN

DATA S5. 62,255.221,
33,64,156,17.52,0.
205.86.5,201,167,62.
255,221,33,64.156,
1S,52.0,2!(^, 194,4,
201

RESTORE 6110: FOR
N 1 TO (PEEK
40020)^1: READ AS:
NEXTN

DATA"SGT%"W01".
"2ND LIEUT",
"CAPT","MAJ".
"LT,C"."COL"
RETURN

DATA "NATIONAL
DEFENCE SERVICE",
"SOUTHEAST ASIA
CAMPAIGN", "CEN-
TRAL AMERICA CAM'
PAIGN"

DATA "MIDDLE EAST
CAMPAIGN";'WEST-
ERN EUROPE CAM-
PAIGN"," AIR
MEOAL"."PURPLE
HEART"

DATA "ARMY COM-
MENDATION
MEDAL '."BRONZE
STAR OF VAL-
OUR"," SILVER
STAR"," DISTIN-
GUISHED SERVICE
CROSS","CONGRES-
SJONAL MEDAL OF
HONOUR"

40 CRASH Christmas Special 1 968

iALL-TIME GREAT POKES

U

RmiHiitMir that frH booktfit in
tt» OctobBf v%^\jfy'> W&K, as
you all naturally want out Wj
bought s¥ary gamo on our li'St
I thought I'd ba a good sout,
md firint the all tkme great
POKEs for the games, 90 ywi
ctHjtd enjoy them even mora
than b«for«. IVe d«lved into
the l>ack issues and brought
di^m m up to {tate« just for

3D
DEATHCHASE

imHCiBLE

i kEM DEATHCHASE

6 REMTIMDEILY
10 FOftG = 32740 TO

32758: READ A; POKE

GANEXTG
m RANDOMIZE USR

33740
30 DATA62.iSS.S5J 7, 72,

63
40 DATA 22 1,33,0,64,205,

86
50 DATA 6, 62, 0,50, 95,

103,201

ATIC AT AC

{HFfNtTEUVES

to LOAD ""SCREENS
30 LOAD " "CODE: LOAD

'■"CODE: LOAD

-"CODE
30 POKE 36519,0
40 POKE 35353,0
50 POKE 39092,92
GO PRINT USR 23424

ZYNAPS

INVINCmie & LIVES

6 REM ZYNAPS POKE
20 REM BY MEL THE

CHEAT
30 BORDER 0: PAPER 0:

INK 7
40 CLEAR 32767
50 LETI-62
60 INPUT "HOW MANY

LIVES (1-255)? ";N
70 INPUT "INVINCIBLE (Y/

N)7";AS
80 IF AS- "Y" THEN LET

1^:^201

90 PRINTAT11.0;"START

ZYNAPS TAPE FROM

START"
100 LOAD" "CODE
110 POKE 64531.214
130 RANDOMIZE USR

64512
140 POKE 6511 5,1 6
150 FOR! 23311 TO 23323
160 READ A; POKE FJL

NEXTF
170 DATA 6 2, N. 50. 208, 175
leo DATA 62,150.95.155
190 DATA 195,0,128
200 RANDOMIZE U5R

65062

MIKIE

tNFINtTEUVES

10 BORDER 0: PAPER 0:

INKO
20 CLEAR 65535
30 RESTORE
40 LETTOT-0;LETB-1
50 FORN 2329610

23457; READ A: POKE

HA
00 LETTOT TOT<A*B:

LET B B * 1
70 NEXTN

80 IF TOT 1547454 THEN
PRINT INK7;'-ERR0R IN
OATA";STaP
90 PRINT INK 7;AT
9,4;"PLAY IN MIKIE
MASTER TAPE";AT
11,10;"FROMTHE
START"
100 RANDOMIZE USR

23296
1000 DATA 237, 091,063,

092,042
1010 DATA 069. 092, 043,

205,229
1020 DATA 025, 221, 033,

224, 091
1030 DATA 017, 017, 000.

175,055
1 040 DATA 205, 086, OOS,

042,083
1050 DATA 092, 237, 075,

235,091
1060 DATA 205. 085. 022,

221.042
1070 DATA 063, 092. 237,

091,235
1060 DATA 091, 062, 255,

055.205
1090 DATA 086, OOS, 042,

063,092
1100 DATA 01 7, 050, 002,

025,017
1110 092,043,205.229
1020 DATA 025, 221, 033,

224,091
1030 DATA 017. 017, 000,

175^055
1040 DATA 20S, 086, 005,

042,063
1050 DATA 016, 246, 001,

105.002
1120 DATA 205, 139. 091,

205. 126
1130 DATA 091, 033, 064,

248, 017
1140 DATA 064, 247, 001,

128 000
1150 DATA 237, 176, 062.

247.050
1160 DATA 089, 247, 050.

093, 247
1170 DATA 050, 101,247,

060, 121
1180 DATA 247, 062, 201,

050,122
1 1 90 DATA 247, 205, 064,

247,033
1200 DATA 113, 091. 017,

066 250
1210 DATA 001, 01 3, 000,

237,176
1220 DATA 195,020,250,

175 033
1230 DATA 138, 159, 006,

006,119
1240 DATA 035, 016,252,

049.118
1250 DATA 105, 062, 249,

050.161
1260 DATA 091, 033,064.

248,229
1270 DATA 209. 001, 059,

002,058
1280 DATA 161,091, 206.

010,056
1290 DATA 01 1 , 050, 161.

091,174
1300 DATA 1 1 9, 237, 160,

234,139
1310 DATA091,a01.19e,

128,024
1320 DATA 241, 193

ROLLER
COASTER

tNFINtTEUVES

10 RESTORE

20 FORN 23300 TO

23326: READ A: POKE N.

Aj NEXTN
30 DATA 243, 049, 232,096,

175
40 DATA 253, 033, 255, 090,

033
50 DATAOOO, 250,205, 093.

250
60 DATA 175, 033. 242, 142,

119
70 DATA 035, 119, 035, 119,

195
80 DATA 060, 140
90 PRINT AT 4. 13; FLASH

1 -"SELECT"
100 PRINT AT B, 7;" 1

UNLIMITED LIVES"
110 PRINT AT 10, 7:"2

NUMBER OF LIVES"
120 PRINT AT 15, 8;" PRESS

KEY 1 OR 2"
130 LET A$^ IN KEYS: IF

AS ""THEN GOT0 130
140 BEEP .1,1: IF AS "1"

OR A$= "2" THEN GO

TO 130
150 IF AS- "1" THEN GO

SUB 200
160 CLS
170 PRINT AT 9,3rPLAY IN

ROLLER MASTER

TAPE";AT

11, 10;" FROM THE

START"
180 LOAD ""CODE
190 RANDOMIZE USR

23300
200 CLS
210 PRINTAT9,2;"entfjf No.

of Uwes(l0to25S)"
220 INPUT BS: BEEP .1,1
230 IF BS-"" THEN GOTO

220
240FORC-1TOLENB$
250 IF8$(C) "0"OR

BS(C)-"9"THENG0T0

220
260 NEXT C

270 LET LIVES VAL BS
280 IF LIVES 10 OR

LIVES 255 THEN GO

TO 220
290 FORN 23315 TO

23322: READ A: POKE

N A NEXTN
300 DATA 062, LIVES. 050,

076, 152
310 DATA 195,060, 140
320 RETURN

CRASH Cfinstmas Special 1 9fl8 41

MfiWlM

I

42 CRASH Christmas Special 1 988

I

Cor, thi« P@t«r Stav«fS bfok* Is HOOd, All th« maps he s«fl<cts in ari
covered in exceHent arlworf^, and you can still make out all the
d0tai!s to help you whil« pldymg the Qame. Here is his great map
of Joe Blade II, well dofve Stavl

^^J CRASH Christmas Special 198B 43

MORE WIWLTIFACE^
POKES THAN COULD;

HaH oi the lattera I rfrcaivre
muat be about thai biiKignl
Romantic HotBot invention, tha
Mu^aeA 1 . Ovdr th« Idat f«w
months I have been sent
pages and pagas of the POKES
and there have been some let-
ters frofT* people warrtinQ to
know exactly what a Multiface
POKE is and how to put them
into the computer. Welt, here

especially for tho&e people is
an expUination and an A-Z of
Mutliface POKE$ tO ponder
over. The senders of this little
let ar* Danid Harpe* of Wed-
dington and Nicholas Pjne of
Flamstead. Oh, by the way, 'n'
means you have to put in the
number of lives you want
(maxin>um number is 2SS).

Action Force II Energy 5M54,36

Ace iFTnmortalitY 32506,0 + 32507 ,0 + 32508,0

Ad Astra Setlef Fire Power 28591 .D-t- 282592,04^28593.0

Agent X Time* Lives 26099.0 + 25917,0

AflentX ir Lives {Pan V 57821.0

Lives (Part ^} 6?499.0

Uv&sfPanJ) 50561,0
Ah Diddums Lsves 24942 ,h
AirwolfZ Uves 53471.0
Allen 9 Immortdtity 43735.201

Alien Highway tmmunity A Time 39443.0+39142,0+35125,0
Aliens Amrm 3T014.0

No Captur& 30 76a,0 + 34484 . 1 9S
Amaurote No Bomb Bounce 46T92,0
Ainaion Women Lives 57690.1 &3
Android Uves 52250.32
Arcedia Uv&s 257/6.0
Arkanold iJves 337Q2.0
Army Moves Uves (Pari 1) 54597.0

Uv9S(Paft2) 53772,0
Athana Me^umf^ 50267,0

Ttrriff 5526fl.6l

Liv&s 51212.0
Attack Of Killer Tomatoes Time 25323,0

Lives 49433,01
Auf Vnederqehen Monty fmmuftity 42160,201

Walk Off WBter 37002.0

Basil The Great Mouse Detective Uves 41 296.0-)- 4 1968^2 01

Batmen Uves 36798,0

Batty Lives 47633, n

Bionic Commando UveS 34690.0

Booty Ltv&s 58294,0

Bounder Lfves 36610.0

Bubbter Lives 57517,0

Bobby Bearing Live$ 2^094,36

Bubbte Bobble Livm 43871.52

Bombjack II Lives 25379,0

Barbarian {Pelace] Lives 51D05.n

Barbarian jPsygnosis) UvbS 27680,n

44 CRASH Christmas Special 1 989

the Crvclal Quide To
Maftifacing

To Stan with you musi have
either a Mulliface 1. 126 or 3
depending on youi* computef.
You then have io load the g^tie
as usual using the command
LOAD ■'" or the TAPE LOADER
option on the 12eK, +2 and +3,
When It has loaded, press the
red tKJtton on top of the Mul-
tiface to freeze the program.
Now you must type T for toot.

You stwukJ now get the menu
that aftows you to insert a POKE,
Type sf>J^C£ and enter the
number of the address you want
to POKE (Ihe five figure orw).
Type in the figure that follows it
(0-255) and press pitir. If you
want to enter more than one
POKE then press space again
and insert anoitief one When
you have ftnlshod press o and n
to return 10 the pfogram. Th«re.
sinnple isn't it?

Car Wars Lives. 32337,0
Catch 23 Amrno 46ai3,0

Bombs 61635,0
Cauldron Lives 40060,0
Cauldron II Lures 52133,0
Chiller Lives 34025.0
Chuckie Egg Uves 42873.0
Chuckle Egg 2 Ltves 35453.0
Cobra Ltves 3651 S, 163
Critical Mass Emrgy 56879.0
Crystal Castles Uves 63763.0
Cybemold Lives 24917.255
Cy be moid II Ammo 32202,0

Dan Dare Energy 23974.168
Dan Dare 2 Trme 23453.237

Lfves 23450,212
Death Wish a TheLoV 36678. 1&3+ 39353. 163 -4330 1,1 S3
Deflektor TheLoV 34473.0 + 41764.0 + 42707,201
DiZJ^ Immunity 54216.0
Driller Er)etgy 48246,0
pruid enefijy 24e90,?0l
Druid 2 Energy 30012.58
Dragon's Lair Ln^es 51867.0

Elite (48) DeiKi Aliens 46848.^1
Enduro Racer Time 43542.0+43643,0
iXOlon frnmunsty 38120,201

Ammo 31646,0

Grenades 35456,0

No Nasties 42338,0

NoCarynonFim 36845,0

Lives 39221,0
Eskimo Eddie Lives 24686,24 + 24687,76

FslWarrn Intmitnity 30634,201

JRntofd Ltves 34509,0

Fr«<ldyHvd«st Lives (Pmtl) 6401124

uv^(P3fr2} eiC07.183
Ftfture Knight Bngrgy 31683,0
Fair1ight2 Energy 30429.0

NvLiH:keaDoOfS 32027,24

CsfTy Anything 31341,0
Rrtfly Lives 44997.255
Flying Sharfc Lives &44G2.201

&risn Bombs 54373,3

Ghosis 'N' Qofatins Lri/es 33352201

LstlraSpetKl 33433.201
GooflMM Lives 33400.183
Gre-ilGufiaf>os Lives 34i62.0
GrMin&eret Lives 42076,0
Gryzor Uves 3301 5.n

Grwl EscBp*. Th9 Energy 41953.183
GarRtld No Hunger 33595,0
Oyroscop* TheLol' 53887,201 + 59149.0
<jOthkk Uv&$ 43934, 5d+ 42 110.58

H

OvwHmIs Ifumunity 43132,0

UvSS 42195.0

Super Jumps 35315.0
Hytttfia Invincible 44588,201
Itetol2012 U¥es 36106.12^36190,12

Mlana Jones And Hr^ Temple Of Doom Lives 33348,0
I.BsUS Lves 43364, n

Tim 49483.0
ll(iriWinior& Invificibfet 4027^.0
pocntwl Liyes 4118&.0

Tim 37706,0+37539.0
lntoTh« Eagles' M^ Armno 36640.0*36641,0

Ke/s 4055 2,0 + 40513,0

h*ts 41136,04 41137.0

BpbSiyes 40096,195

rone 36640,0 + 33641.0

JtoqkThflNlppw fmmunity 44278,56 +44?a5, 58

iiCkTh« Nipper II Uvss 43251.0

JiMbnak Lives 5O6Gl,0

JM ftlade Stops The Clock 650eS.50+ 36506,0

Oaer^Uniocked 65029,50

mSnemes 65032,50

fnwyy 65035 ^ 37797.0
M^ Dredd Lives 24936.24

Kjnwv inm 32972.0

Kjnghlmafe Energy 38586,16+38693.16

KQkQiomWilt Uvies 422 1 4, n

KfJiLOul Lives 46565,0

KaiTempit Lives 47783.0 + 47824.0

KUlerRing bves 33636,0

t^oanucKanoa Uves 36212.0

Stand by ell you advttnturwB
b«causfl I, Nick Rolberts, the
Wdrlock of (He West, have qat
a feast of adventure tips.
f*OKE3 and maps ttiat wefe
too btg to tM printwl In Sttin-
mnrt Sip\ Stump*, this month. I
Nnra a map of thnat great adv-
enture, Rigel's Revenge
delightfully drawn by Ro6^^
Uncoln and Sarah Wills. Sarah
also enckjsed a few of pic-
tures ol hersQtt to accompany

LORDS OF MIDNIGHT

the map. You get the fofmal
one, 1 §et the rest! I certain^
hope W6 witi be seeing more
of Sarah in the future (not like
that, Dom!]. There's also a
POKE for one of Ihe first adv-
enturer I ever played. Lords Ot
MidnngM which does almost
everything you could wish for.
Ptus a multitude of tips. So
vwituffr trvto that jungle of tipa
my f rkHHJ . . .

5 REM LORDS OF MID-
NIGHT FKDKES BY

KM JONES
10 BORDER 0: PAPER 7:

INK 7; CLS: PRINT

PAPER 0] INVERSE

1;"Stari Midnight tap«":

LOAD -'"CODE 16364
20 LET I = 23317
30 READJ:IFJ<>2S6

THEN POKE l,J: LET

t I ♦I: GO TO 30
40 RANDOMIZE USR

23300
too REM dONTROL

EVERYONE
110 DATA 33. 0,0, 34, 148,

96. 34, 97, 253, 34, 99,

253
120 REM NOT KILLED BY

WOLVES
130 DATA 62, 196,50,140,

100,33,167,100,34,147,

100
140 REM MOVE AT NIGHT
150 DATA 33, 0, 0, 34, 224,

98,34,225,96
160 REM NEVER BECOME

TIRED {one for all you

editors out there - Ed)
1 70 DATA 62, 1 9S, 50, 90. 99,

33, 100,99, 34, 91, 99, 62»

249,50,75,100
180 REM ANYONE CAN

HIDE (but you cant

eacfipa - id]

190DATA62. 195, so. 194,

253,33.215,253,34,196,

253
200 REM RECRUtT FROM

ANY RACE
210 DATA 33. 0,0, 34, 73,

254,175,50,237,253

220 REM INFINITE SHEL-
TER (tor all my sheep -
Pi>ii)

230 DATA 62, 66, 50. 21 , 1 00,
62,57,50,30,100,62,47

240 DATA 50, 40, 100, 62, 36,
50,51,100,62.19,50,68,
100

2S0 REM END MARKER PO
NOT DELETEJ

260 DATA 196, 1 17, 96, 256

All you have to do Is delete the
lines that you don*l want This
la what oach one doot , . .

Control everyone: using thh
POKE, you are able to move
characters you haven't
recruited.

Not killed by wolves: with thJs
on© you are safe - even if you
don't have an aimy ^ as lar as
iMolves, skulhrtn, draQons and
ice irotis are cortcemed.
Moy* at night: i^ing tNs you
could complete your quest in
orw day (or night}.
N«var 9*1 ttfad: us^ng tjiia you
can move without ever needing
io rest of shelter.
Anyone can hitia: this enablesa
characi&r to hide, even though
the character has 2400 warrtors
and niders or if he Is Morkin.
Raortitt tro*n any race; *iih
this, Chimenl could recmrt
Uiarq's men, Thimrath cauid
recmrt riders from the Citadel or
XajOfHith . . . you can even
recruit Doomdark's men!
Inrinit« shelter u<iiinf] IhJs POKE
you are able lo use shelter. Wat-
ers df Life. guidar>ce etc wifhoul
them ever runnkng out.

CRASH Christmas Special 1988 45

6EWH0Y0UWANTT0BE.

WITH k SIttCLAIR II SPECTRUM YOU CAN AFFORD
TO LET TOUR liAfilNATfON RUN WILD.

Whiie yoM're^ a daring motofbtks rider or the alt-
conquering intergalactic warrior, you're gaining price-
less experience in handling computers.

ZXSPECTRUM^3. £199

Loading genres \B qtiick and easv with the built^n
dtsk-drtve- You1l be in the thick ot the action m
seconds, And the fantastic 12SK memory gives you
^e power to outsmart the most sophisticated enemy.
Get to grips wrth the latest hcgh-tech graph ics
on the multttude of games available (six of which
come free). There's also a free joystick to give you
ultimate control. And at only £199. you Ye tMund to
sava the earth.

ZXSPECTRUM^2.£139

The amazing ZX Spectrum +2 has a built-in datacordep
- to save you the bother of tape recorders and leads.
The advanced 12SK memory helps you get the most
from the hundreds of games available.

Every model comes complete with sist free
games to start you off, and a free joystick to really
gel you into the actioa

With the advanced Sincfair technology you can
afford to iet youf imagination go wild. Because at
£139, only your enemies pay heavily.

Available at partJcipgiting branches at Alldere, Ciydesdate,
Comot CCHDP/CRS, Currya. DDcorts, G&teway SuperBtores.
HuQiies TV & Vid«o. JLP, Laskya. Peter B Ijedbury. John
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P1«0s« tail m« mg>re bIekhjt the SINCLAIFI IX SpsclTLim Rang« C2

Aoui^OAS_

I alf sady own a Sinclair YES'NO .

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^u don't need
a computer to

work out how ^ood

these offers are.

Buy this and get a free Gremsm game.

Buy this and enter
a free trip to New York competition.

Buy ihis and get a free Kixx game.

It's no secret where you 11 fmd the
best offers on these compilations, Because
now Boots are giving the game uway.

To gel yours, all you have to do is
send in the form when you buy either
Megagames or Giants.

Buy The In Crowd, on the other hand,
and you could end up in New York. *

A two week trip to the Kig Apple
is the prize you stand to win if you can
answer five questions correctly

But whatever you do. don't play a wait- j
ing game. Offers close on February 28th.

A better buy at

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1

the

ISO

is
ncr

md.

pie
ran

■ait-

^

I

tf • tHIy Cfirlstfnas wmq timo
«Mht!Mt well known littlfl ditty,
tl» TitMtve Days Of Christm at
bul Oii* anfl ts slight ty dltt«f'
Mt. it'g Th« Twslvfl POKEs Of
Christmss! Who knows,
pftTKapa K will ba Christmas
iwnb«r ofwl The ccHnthbutort
to Ili^(i4st oHun ars thfl groat
ftvourites The Telal Men and
The Howdon Hackers who havt
btM JollMd fyf Arlhony
JaȴBon from toodon, AJA
liao (rom London, Chish 'N'
F^ from a trying pan (I) am)
kWi Southern of Newtown
tPowyi)!. So aong book» at the
nady wid here we go . ,.

For the llrst POKE of Chrtsl-
mtft my true tove gave to

ffl^ , - -

lfttinit& time on tiie
BSSBult course in

19 PART ONE-
BOOT CAMP

10 REM 19 PART ONE -

BOOT CAMP HACK
20 BY ANTHONY

JOHNSON
» CiEAR 24477: LOAD
' ""CODE
;« POKE £3730,1 79; POKE

2373 1, 95
50 POKE 246B7^1: POKE

34€aS,250
SD FOftA 60021 TO 60057:

READS: POKE A,6;

NEXTA
70 RANDOMIZE USn

24500
00 0ATA33.30,250,a4,

136,130
90 DATA195,211, 128,3^

50.250,17,250
lOODATAgS, 1,10,0,237,

176,33
110OATA2SO, a5.4, 191,

120 DATA 211, 128. 62, 58,

60,160
130 DATA 148, 196, 89, 125

Fv the second POKE ol
Chrlatnua my true love gave
tomt...

Infinite mines And mfs-
sihs for my

ARCTIC FOX

10
20

30
40

SO

60

70

REM ARCTfC FOX

HACK

REM BV ANTHONY

JOHNSON

LOAD '"CODE 64000

POKE 64056,20; POKE

64057 254

FOR A 65044 TO 65053:

READ B; POKE A,B:

NEXTA

DATA175,50, 66, 196,

50 244

DATA 192« 19S, 192, 93

For ttio third F>OKE of Christ-
maa my tru« love gave to
me . . .

fnfmite fives and arrows
for Psygnosis's

BARBARIAN

10
20

30

40

SO

60

70

REM BARBAfllAN

{Psygnosis) HACK

REM {Cy AJA

LOAD ""CODE: POKE

39830.12: POKE

39831. 2S0

RANDOMIZE USR

39880: POKE 37480,36

FOR F -64000 TO 64007:

READ A: POKE FA

NEXTF

RANDOMIZE USR

64000

DATA 175, 50,214, 148,

196, 102. 237. Q

Fof the fourth POKE of Christ-
mas my true love giavo to me

VIRUS

ana aott» hiffnfte lives
and bontbB

10 REM VtRUS HACK
20 REM BY ANTHONY

JOHNSON
30 CLEAR 49000: LOAD

""CODE
40 POKE 52564,205: POKE

52565,20: POKE

52566,128
50 FOR A 32788 TO 32846;

READ 8: POKE A,B:

NEXTA
60 RANDOMIZE USR

52480
70 DATA50, 21,255, 122,

254,46
80 DATA 192, 62, 50,50, 84,

205,33
90 DATA21,2SSh34,8&,

205,62
100 DATA 195, 50, 56, 252,

3a 52
110 DATA 1 28, 34, 59, 252,

195,0
120 DATA g52, 50, 107,92,

33.69
130 DATA 128, 17, 160,32,

1,15,0
140 DATA 237, 176. 196, 61,

252,175
150 DATA 50, 145, 175, 50.

203,147
leODATAl95, 164, 153

For the fifth POKE of Christ-
mas my truo lovo gava io
me ■ ■ ■

Infinite iivas in that
Smashing beai- 'om-up

LAST NIN JA II

10 REM LAST NINJA II
HACK

20 REMBYCHISH'N'FIPS

FOR CRASH 88
30 PAPER 0: INK 7:

BORDER 0: CLS
40 CLEAR 32768: PRINT AT

10,6; FLASH 1; "LAST

NINJA II POKE!"
50 LOAD *' CODE 65088
60 POKE 40777,0
70 FOR A ^66362 TO 1e9
80 READ B: IF B 999

THEN POKE A.B; NEXT

A
90 RANDOMIZE USR

65088
100 DATA 175, 50, 73, 159
110 DATA 195, 2S3, 115, 999

For the siKth POKE of Christ-
mas my trve love gave to mo
ft . . .

SAMURAI
WARRIOR

10 REM SAMURAI

WARRIOR HACK
20 BY THE TEFAL MEN
30 FORF 40192 TO 40448
40 POKE F,158: NEXTF
50 LETT^O

60 FOR F 40599 TO 40664
70 READ A: POKE F.A
aO LETT = T+A
90 NEXTF
100 IF T -81 20 THEN

PRINT "ERROR IN

DATA": STOP
110 PRINT AT 11.1 :"STAnT

SAMURAI TAPE FROM

BEGINNING"
120 DATA 62, 167, »7, 71,

237.94
130 DATA 201, 229, 213, 197,

245
140 DATA 1 75, 50, 18, 93, 56,

189
150 DATA 93, 254, 195, 32,

18,33
160 DATA 197, 158, 17, 189,

93 1
170 DATA 15, 0, 237, 1 76,62,

63
180 DATA 237, 71, 237, 86,

243, 241
190 DATA 193, 209, 225, 255,

201
200 DATA 1 75. SO, 245, 1 28,

50.234
210 DATA 147. 19S. 212, 127
220 LOAD " "

For the s«v«ntfi POKE of
Christmas my tru« love made
me . . .

Invincibility and infinite
time on

SABOTAGE

10 REM SABOTAGE HACK
20 REMHOWDON

HACKEBS'88

30 CLEAR 32767; LET

T-5509
40 FORF -50300 TO 50047

50,21,255,122,254,46
80 DATA 192, 62, 50, 50, 84,

205,33
90 DATA 21, 255. 34, 85,

205,62
100 DATA 195, 50, 58, 252,

33,52
1 10 DATA 128, 34. 59, 252,

195.0
120 DATA 252, 50, 107, 92,

33,69
130 DATA 126, 17, 160, £52,

1,15,0
140 DATA 237, 176, 195, 61,

252.175
1 50 DATA 50, 145, 1 75. 50,

203,147
160 DATA 195, 184, 163

with infinite lives (such a
nice girt}

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 49

.. ^...--

For the eighth POKE of Chrlst-
itiBs nry true low gavs to

me

IKARI
WARRIORS

with infinite lives

$ R EM I KARI WAP RIO RS

HACK
e REM BV KEVIN SOUTH-
ERN
10 CLEAR 24999
20 LOAD '"CODE
30 POKE 65226^50
40 FOR F- 64000 TO ft4025;

READ A: POKB. ffi:

NEXTF
SO RANDOMIZE USR

64723
60 DATA 62, 1 90 , 50. 1 76.

243, 62
70 DATAO, 170,158,62,58,

50
80 DATA 127, 144, 50, leS,

147, 62
90 DATA 50, 50, 6,147, 195,

0,91

Fof ll*e rilrrth day of Chrtstma*
my true love gave to me . , ■
Infinite lite force in

GOTHIK

10 REM GOTHIK HACK
20 REM BY THE TEFAL

MEN
30 FOR F 401 92 TO 40446
40 POKE F,1S8: NEXT F
go LETT

60 FOR F 40599 TO 4«5S
70 READ A: POKE FA
60 LETT TiA
90 NEXTF
100IFT-. 7711 THEN

PRINT "ERROR IN

DATA": STOP
1 1 PRINT AT 1 1 ,0;'*START

50 CRASH Christmas Special 1 998

GOTHIK TAPE FROM

BEGlNNrNG"
1£0 DATA 62, 157,237,71,

237,94
130 DATA 201 ,229, 213, 197,

245
140 DATA 1 75, 50, 1 6, 9 1 , 58,

172
ISO 0ATA91, 254,195,32.

18,33
160DATA197,15e, 17, 172,

91 t
170 DATA 15,0, 237, 176. 62,

63
180 DATA 237, 71, 237, 86,

243, 241
190 DATA 193, 209, 225, 255,

201
200 DATA 62, 58, 50. 158,

171,50
210 DATA 126, 164,195,0,

160
220 RANDOMIZE USR

40599
230 LOAD ■■ "

For the tenth POKE of Chrfsl-
mas rny irue iove gave ni«

THING

with fn^ntt& en&rgy and
ammo {funny girt}

10 REM THING HACK
20 REMHOWDON

HACKERS'Se
30 CLEAR 32767
40 LOAD " "CODE 65088
SO POKE 65109,217
60 POKE 65092,116
70 POKE 65361,88
80 FOR F 65482 TO 65519
90 READ A: POKE FA
100 NEXTF
110 RANDOMIZE USR

65482
1 20 DATA 1 95, 64, 254, 33,

219.255
130 DATA 17, 104, 2SS, 1,15,

140 DATA 237. 176, 195. 44,

255

150 DATA 50, 85, 154, 50,231
160 DATA 117. 50,97, 125,

50,64
170 DATA 127, 195. 0. 150,

127
160 DATA 72, 72, 39, 56, 56

For the eleventh POKE of
Christmas my true love gave
to me some . . .

SKATEBOARD
KIDZ

with infinite fives (but they
weren't mine)

10 REM SKATEBOARD

KJDZ
20 REM 48/128 SIDE A OR

B
30 REM HOWDON HAC-
KERS '88
50 CLEAR 32767
60 LETT- 605487: LET

W 108
70 FOR F 32768 TO 32675
80 READ A; LETT T-W* A

90 LETW-W-1:P0KEFA

100 NEXTF

110 IF T- THEN STOP

120 PRINT AT 11. 5;" PLAY

TAPE FROM START"
130 LOAD " "CODE 52480
140 CLS; RANDOMIZE USR

32768
150 REM
160 DATA 49, 248, 94, 33,0,

206
170 DATA 17, 212, 128, 6, 2,

237
180 DATA 176, 82, 19$, 33,

27, 128
190 DATA 50, 34, 129, 34, 35,

129

200 DATA 195, 212^ 128, 122,
254 40

210 DATA 221 , 33, 62, 205,

126,40
220 DATA 6. 33, 239, 128,

195.37
230 DATA 1 29, 230, 7, 60. 50,

21
240 DATA 255, 33. 64, 128,

62,195
250 DATA SO, 50, 93, 34, 51,

93
260 DATA 20, 196, 0,93, 33,

96
270 DATA 126, 17, 187,93,

26 254
280 DATA 195, 202, 79, 1 28,

17,239
290 DATA 93, 1 . 7, 0, 237, 1 76
300 DATA 62, 33, 50, 50, 93,

237
310 DATA67, 51.93, 196, 53.

93
320 DATA 1 75, 50, 123, 1 00,

195,0

330 DATA 100, 127, 72, 72.
56,56

For 1h* twelfth POKE d
Christmes my tme love g«wt|

to me . t ,

FURY

antf an infinite shietdt fuef
and a cash boost Qust
what t neededt)

10 REM THE FURY HACK

20 REM HOWDON
HACKERS'88

21 REM TO BOOST CASH
POSITION CURSOR AT
18-06 AND PRESS S
AND D, YOU WfLL GET
£50,000

30 CLEAR 29000

40 LETT 724161: LET

W-116
50 FOR F- 32786 TO 32883

60 READ A: POKE FA
70 LETT -T-W* A: LET

W^W-1
80 NEXTF

90 IF Too THEN STOP
100 LOAD ""CODE
110 RANDOMIZE USR

32766
120 DATA 33, 96, 224. 221,

33 83
130 DATA 1^221,78,6, 17,

140 DATA 117, 67, 237. 176.

34,34
150 DATA 128, 33, 90, 128,

14,3
160 DATA 237, 176, 195,0,

117,33
1 70 DATA 9, 128, 53, 33, 0,
180 DATA 32, 225, 33, 249.

232,17
1 90 D ATA 1 67, 251 . 1 , 0, 4,

237
200 DATA 176, 33. 58, 128,

34, 195
210 DATA 264, 195, 170,254,

220 DATA 254, 33, 93. 128,

17, 129
230 DATA 255. 1, 30, 0. 237,

176
240 DATA 62, 195, 50, 165,

254 33
250 DATA 129, 255, 34, 166.

254
260 DATA 201, 23, 25, 14,57,

36
270 DATA 17, 195,29. 128,

151,50
280 DATA 162. 170, 50. 198,

170
290 DATA 246, 201, 50, 212,

170
300 DATA49, 183,96, 195, 0,

91
310 DATA 1 27, 72, 72. 66, 56

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Amiga Version

C64 Version

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...,A,cer. Indoor Soccer, Stieet Soccer

fiouling altowed') and Soccer Skills (with
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CRASH Christmas Spec iai 1 968 55

>'

A

I

I

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A VERY FUNNY LASER SQUAD HEADLINE

Vsrtwn I sAid kiavQ tho headtitMi
in, Dom, I dkjfi't actual}y meen
It Anyway . - - TJiis was th*
v«fv first gama I sow at tho
PC Show in S^ptemb^i, H'i- a
pity that I couldn't stand iV. Bui
enough of that. I'm sur« some-
one must have bought tt (lookv
like Phifippa did, etie's
f^vltwed it in lbi» issue) so
here are a few t4p& from Cohn
snd Gavtn Young of Glasgow,

Quick Tips

■^Always leave your men on
opportunity fire
#The Maf sec auto-gun Is the
baai all-round w^poo.
Atf a doof rarrod^ open, it
means that there is a man r«, an
operaitve]! in it.
itOn Level Three (The Mine).
exiimine all the dead op^ativq?
wh^n you kill them. You wi^tl find
ttiat one win be canying a ' Video
Key' (nomnally ttw one near the
vktoo roofn). Take this to the
room which activates the v^deo
cor^ole and insert n into the
' Vidi-sctfwn'. TTilB activates the
v)deo cameras in ihe mine and
allows you to sae theopefalives
wtten you select the acanner
mode.
■kOf} the lower skill levels buy

(be Rochet Launct>er. the explo-
sion from this is fri^tening.

Concise Tips

Genera/

-A-The pnce of weapons on each
level does not vary, so you can
calculate hew many credits to
spend Cm armour so that you
have enough money leK to buy
weapons.

# Don't go on a spending ipree
it you have rr>or>ey loft. Carryirig
too much reduces the avaj^le
action points to a man,
♦Weapon choice (in order of

CC«t}-

Hoavy L^ser- powerful, with
ioads of ammo, but heavy and
burdens your men, reducing
their action ponnts

M^FSec Auio-gun - laest all-
round weapon, powerful and
accurate.

M4000AutO'gun - the best
'budget' gun. but tacks tt>e
accuracy of the Marsec Auto-
gun.

L50 Las-gun - not very power-
ful or accurate, a disappoint-
ment ,

Sniper Ritfe- lacks 3utof ire. but
IS cheap, powerful and the most
accurate.

Marsec Pisiot - has autofire.

but lacks any power, a bit of a
turkey.

C^aig^ - very good for ctose
cornbat, if you ever Qet it*

APSO Qvnadie - good for
bkwring up operatives who are
waiting on autofire around a
comer, CAUTION; get out of its
ffekJ of fire and ALWAYS
remember to prime it before
thFOwung!

Rocket LaufKtwr - a luxury for
the earty levels, power is tre-
mendous, bul lacks ammunition
and has a nasty habit of blowing
up the user it he is too neaf.
■A-Gef>eral tips: taiie your time,
you have plenty of turns. Explore
the area carefully and ALWAYS
leave your men on autofire.
#Use 3 couple of men to guard
the rear of your squad,
'^On hi9t>er levels always
scavenge the dead operatives
for weapons, thoy always seem
to carry valuable ammunttion.

Scenario Tips

Th9AS909Sin9

On th« firsi skill tevef you can
equip your men with rocket laun-
chisrs and bkiw up the txjuse
(and Sterner Begnix), without
even ^tenng the building' On
later levels, better progness can

be made if you split your squad
in two, one at each end, and
eKptore the buihjirig carefully.
You will find that the droids usir
ally Keep some pattern but thia n^
not ahways the case When yoti
find Stemer. concentrate your
lire on him becauaa once h« is
dead the game Is over.

Moonbaam Mamdt

Ttie bottom-left is probably the
beeat place to deploy your men,
Split your squad in two for the
best effect. Move your men
toward the central area with the
most databanks/arYalysers. If a
door IS open it usually means
that an operative (« in it. Oil
drums and gas cylirxtefs can be
shot to give a nice esqplasion and
usually a chain readkxi. Take
care an operative does not btow
up one nejtt to you'

fimscue From The Mirtas
Before you use the explosives,
which you need to blow up the
prison doof, n>ove the prieonsr
away from tt>e door as be will be
caught in the tJiasL, When blow-
ing tt>e door, ahvays remetrtoef
to phrne the exp!<:^ve before
dropping i1. but make Sure yOu
allow yourself enough time to
gel dear of ttie exptosion. As
previously mentionedH try and
get the video key as thts will
allow you to ambush the enemy

MANSELL'S

MULTIFACED!

Here are a load of Multiface
POKES for Maitech's Nigel
ManselPs Grand Pan that will
h*lp you qualffy on all the
tracks. They come from Boberl
jex of Somerton, artd tf you
POKE £55 into eact^ address
that means you will get 255
seconds (obvioualyji.

Brazil

33581

San Manno

33582

Bel0um

33SB3

Monaco

33584

Detroit

S3S8S

France

33588

Brfiain

33587

Qarmany

33588

Hungary

3S58B

Austria

33590

Hsiy

33S9f

Portugal

3359P

Sps!n

33593

MeKtco

33594

Japan

33595

Austraiia

33596

Here is a diagram to go otong with that brilliant editor. It shows
the performance capabilities of the AH-64 Gunship with the
optimum weapon loads, based on the technical data of the real
helicopter.

AN-64 APACHE ARMAMENT OPTIONS
by Jon Bowen

PRIMARY MISSION

Arrti armour Middle East
95'F

Artti armoyr Middle East
95T

AntiarmcMjr Europe
7Cr

Covering force (clear landing zone) Middle East
95"F

Covering force (clear landing zofle) Europe
70F

Airmobite escort (air cover) Middle East
95F

Airmobile escort (air cover) Europe
70F

Wins

4HF

4HF

8HF

Gun

320

I2fi0

1200

4HF

4HF

19

Rockets

19
Rockets

38
dockets

1200

1200

1200

1200

Wing

4HF

4HF

8HF

4HF

4HF

19

Rockets

19

Rockeite

30

Rockets

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450

990

960

860

660

780

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Str.'^^r**^ for tho end 01 L..,, a.o ,.^

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-POKES THAN COULlJ
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Llghtforce Uv^s 40725,0
Legend 01 Kage Lives 30609.J1
Lazer Wheel U\/es 33GM9,0
LazyJon«s Uves 56693,0
Uving Daylights Lfves 38913.201
Lunar Jeutiart Lives 2 3439 ,2 OW 36963^0

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Manic Miner Ub^e^s 3513€,0
Metrocnosa Time 43005.195-44490,0
Mad Max Ln^s 5^472.12
MoonAttid iOOUvGS 42^m,25S
Mr Wimpy Miss First Scraen 33501.0

Uves 33693,0
Mutant Monty Livss 549^,0
Marble Madness Uves 39579,0
Molos Livres 42241.0

W

1ft4? Lives 47007.0
Nemesis Lives SI §49.0
NebuluK Lives 32921.0
North«iar NoAiiens 44433,0
Nosf&ratu Time 32499,0
No Niistfes 39791 ,201

Out Run Tim& 39204.0

OrtklMTh«tMTort»ali Oves 65529,191 +321 27,0 +321 flS,0

Ovtdander Lives 29521.0

Project Future No Aliens 27662,0
Ps^Ofi Fuel 28625,0

Oxygen 26143.255+26144.0
Pud Pud Lives 492S7,0
Punchj' Lives 45632,0

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flambo Lives 27401.52+80263,0

n*vfrr*ge Of Doh {481 Lives 33055,256+33909,0

Ravengs Of Doh {1 2fi) Lrvijs 37586,0

Raslan Lives 48909,0

R«b«l Immunity 49^8,0

Energy 51139,0+49239,0

Time 49249,0
Renegade Uves 41048,195
Rygar Time 51216,0

Uv^ 61577.0

60 CRASH Christmas Special 1988

Saboteur Clock 46993.0

Liv(*S 29994,0
Saboteur 2 Time 37122,0

Energy 61340,201
Salamandor Invincible 36902,201
Scooby DOO Lri/^ 29614.0
Sidearms itves ?941 1,127
Space Harrier Lives 51755,194 + 51756.191
Statnless StAAl Lives 40702,0
Street HawK Lives 39990.91
Starglider Fuel 54647.201

Shieid 54690.201
720^ Time 41916,0

Thundercats Uves 31401,0+31402.0
To|»(knn Uves (Ptayer 1) 26460.0

Uves {Player^} 27 727,n +27728/1
Trafitor Time 56711.0

Energy 52529,0

Lives 25446.0
TranZ'Am /Jv^^ 25446,0^
Thrust II Lives 34200.0
3-OC (mmjnily 34298.201

Jumps 34036.0

Oxygen 26955,0

UCM Uves (Ptayer J) 36337,0

Uves(Pfsyef2) 43734.0
Urfdium tnwnunity 55419,0+55420^55

Lives 3130S.0

Nop«, not maitv games beginnlrtg with V either (well, there's
V, I suppose)!

War Lives 37033.0
Westbarth Lv&s 51210,0
Wixbail tmmotrafity 23430.180
WondertHiy Lives 34362.0
Wriggler L/yes 50173.0

XaeutM' invmcibie iPiayef i) 47216.201
fnvincibfe (Piayer 2} 47320.201
No Enemy Ftre 48259201

Xevk}ua Uves 53592,200

Xeno Lives 222 25 J

YogiBaar Uves 35090.0+35091.0+34900,0+35 092,
0+35093,0+45026.24

Zaxxon Liv^ 40825.250

Zip Zap Uves 53753,0

Zyriaps Uves 45592.24+45008.255

immunity 39775^201
Zi&om Lives 24743,0

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produce a map showing where an the food is, tt's quite a good
geme - and gre^t trainingi for a job in {gateway (if I don't get all
these yps finished in time]!

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Department. Tetecotnsoft, Firrt ftoor, 64-76 Hew Oxfotd Streei,
LotKtoti waA ffiS.

Itttcomsoft first f toot. 64-76 Hew Oxford St London VKIA IPS.

IT'S AMAZING
WHAT A REAL
COMPUTER
GAME
CAN DO.

Spectrum cassette £8.99

Cofflfnedor? 64 cassette f9,99, d«c £12.99

Amstrad cassettt £8,99. disc £14,99

A LEGEND \H GAMES SOFTWARE

^ INTKODUGING THE FASTEST CRA5^iEST GAME SHOW ON EARTH

* REQUIRING FAST REFLEXES... NERVES OF STEEL. ..AND A PASSION FOR PAJN.

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Aa prwn i8«d m<mtta ago, twra
m the tips 1o tha last ftw
o( Hewson's gr«at
I, NoAuft/s, as wriltefi by
StepTven and GrsgofV Brock of
Hitoham in Surrey. l>on't
f»rge1 ttwre is a cheat If you
Hill find th« game a bit hard.

Level Six: swimmer's
delight

.'. I ». righl. go u^ on the lift and
■ . ^ nghi. Jump the gap and
*dk under the two aH«r$. Turn
\^ and *fa!ik undef the alien
fpng up. Shoot the block arxj
«3lcbaci( ngihl till you reach ihe
" Goupard shoot the btock to
fK-vi mgW Waih left, under the
Btiere. ttien jump nghi. Go up
I ft and shoot Ifie block to
J nght. Go back on the lift arrj
iown, Walk nght and fall
. i}«fUt&sptiereas it moves up.
No w go up the tift, walk right and
lalonso ihelift betow, Go up.
vnJk ten onto the lift and then go

igen, Walk right, up the
w^>s and go through the f ir^t
ttfiraiyDu meet. Walk left and
~p up the steps.
juiTip th^ spihere and go
fkQugh the tunnel , Wtien you
go up on the lift loth©
jfjmp right o^nto the
tMnrcktdbsappearing platforms

When ai the platfof ms fiave
diappeared, go up on the Peft*
ift. WaJk right and shoot
Hock- Turn aroorxJ. get on
fte Wt and down.

Go up on the hght-hand lift
Pmgp inght. Go up on tti« lift,
nghi arvd go up on the lift,
iirah under the three

toyoylett. which isn't
Wait lor [he rveaf est sphere
go up as the middle sphere
up and the furthest sphere
down Now make a break
fci*. If 31 first you doni succeed,
\rf again" Go up on the
Jump the sphere as it mo ves
'■f?fi jump the steps till
- nif^iop- When you gel
enter tt*e tunnel and
VI completed Level SiK.

Ilflvel Sever>: the nasty

IQnt to your hght and fall
lirough the disappearing plat-
[lorni onto the lift below. Wait for
[teHento move left then n>ove
iti^oiice. Walk right and fall
Ifl^tigh the disappeanOg plat-
jfonrL Jump nghi o^ the Uft tieioM
I tt block, then lump on th0 left -
rtmi i)iT. Go up and shoot the
I ktfwK} Nock, than walk left and
llMtinx)^ the disappearjng
ItMonn onto the lift. Go up

uyv)di

hwKe on the the block to the left.
Walik right all the way around and
go op on ihe lift Go up on th>e lift
to the right and get onto the next
lift to tfie right. Go up. walk right
and wait for itie alien to move up
so you can watk u nder it. Wait on
the platform to the nght of the
alien moving up and down. Now

the lower platforms a; i disappear
so you have to |ump them as you
walk nght arOiwKJ (0 other stdeof
the tower. H'sbea! to wait for the
alien moving arourKji the tower to
tie moving fight so you can tol-
\Qm it. When the alien moving
arourxj the tower bumps into the
alieri rnoving up and down it

TOKONG PROBLEMS?

It'e really di&Bppointir>9 wtten
you'v* 9p*nt hours tyfi^ng In
POKE* and they cktnt work -
■o Malcolm Perryman from Sur»
ray has compiled some aolu-
IkHii to thoaa POKEing prob-
lema. No doutrt ttwy'H ^aae ■
few headaches at 1 1 pm,

1 Do you get an E OUT OF
DATA siatenrtent when you
rtm the pfogram'' if you do,
tiy Jraerting a RESTORE line
(JractJy after the CLEAR
staiemeni,

2 Do you get Itw ERROR IN
DATA message when you run
your program? This m^«flQe
is put in by tt>e hacker. Before
you check all your data aj^in.
type in a PRINT statement
straight away, with the vari-
able that is used for ttie
number of pieces of data
there stxHild be.

Somewhere in \he prog-
ram wilt be ihe line which
gives the ERROR IN DATA
mesaage. ft will say some-
thing Kke:

IF F- -IZHeVTl TMEW P»mMT
" Eftnoft m DATA": STDT

Hme the vanable is f:. after
you have typed m pnw f you
will racetva a mimbar on ttte
screen.

Compare the vaUue for F
with the nu'nber found after
ttne <> Jn the line. If it is only
a couple of digtoout you may
have just nwle a lew runs-
lakes; if it «s quite a way oul
you may have missed a tine
of DATA altogether. H the two
numbers are far apart you
may have the RESTORE
statarrHHtl in the wrong
place.

To correct your DATA,
check H aoair^ the DATA in
CRASH. If one of the mjm-
bere in CflASH Is over 255 it
muBt be a misprlN. Tvro
numbers must have been
typed In as one; ^3 couM be
Mf3. This can happen for
numbers under 255, of
course. 2bA could really be
2,54, In botti cases you'd be
missing a p«ece of data.

If it stil doesn't work then
tfy laWr>g out the ERROR IN
DATA Hrwf Save (he POKE
routine to tape wd try to toad
the garm with the POKE.
Sometimes it will work but
others it may crash.

changes directwn. Go for «t.
Wlwn you reach the lift , go Up on
it . Walk nght (ktok out For tfw ftat
attenj. When yoo reach the frft. go
up, then walk under the aliens as
they move up. Go to the fourth
iitt and go up. Waik left onto ttie
dtaappeanng piatfofm then walk
right once you've fillan i hrough.
Go back to the four lifts and use
the fir^t one to go up. Walk left
onto the lift then go up and
through the tunrvel to finish Level
Seven.

Level Seven: the edge of
doom

Waitforthelouraliensto lL>ounce
ott the bottom piaiforms twice,
then run for your liife under tt>em.
Go up on Ihe first lift end walk
left. Go through the tunnel and
walk left, stopping before you
reach the last plartixm. Why?
Because rt dis a p p e ar s. You have
to jump on it from ihe second
plattorm to the nght. (the plat-
form two away from tfw disap-
paanng ptatf crm). If all that is
done nghi you shoukJ be on a
t>lock. Jump right, turn left artd
shoot the block. Fall left onto lift
below then go up. wajh left and
go through ttie tunnef , Walk right
up the steps and Jump Hght until
you reach a irft. Go up and jump
left, over the a3iens which
appear, until you reach a liift.

Shoot the block to your toll
and go up on the lift, then go
through the tunnel. Jump teft
twice and go through thw tunnel.
Walk right and shoot the btock.
Jump left onlotheiift ar>d go up.
Jump leh then waHt teft onto the
tower ol disappearing platfofms.
Go up on ifie Jrtt once the plat-
forms have disappeared then go
up again. Walk left and shoot the
blcx:k. then walk nghi around Ihe
tower, and fall through the gap
onto the lifl (look out for the
alien). Go up, wak right and fatf
down Walk left therv turn right
and stKxit tfie bUxk. I3et onto
>i>e lift and go l^. Walk left under
the aliens as they move up. tfien
go through the lunnei. Shoot lt>e
block lothe nght then walk teft
until you can't walk any turthn^.
Fall onto the ptatlorm to the left
then jump left twice. Shoot the
bksck. Get knocked down, th»)
make your way back to the Jitl
you have just freed. Go up on the
lifl. Now go into tfie tunrief third
from the right to complete
I'Vebui'us

AFEWTIPS...

If you get knocked ckiwn your
technique points decrease by
two al the end o( each tower
Esetra points are given tor shoot-
ing bouncing balls and blocks.
Vour lirne at the end of eiach
tower i$ dtwded by t^n.

CRASH Christmas Special 1986 65

Chrifltrnas {s slwa^ a time fof ramintscing, kK^king back ovtr
the past year, at sll tt>s goo<l 1t>ing» an-d some of the bad. And
what better section of Playing T)ps to rem)nl»c« in than
Flashback, the 9.&ction that breathes IHq into alt those games
ymi'v* stuck in lire bottom of a wardrobe, never to play bqb\i\
because they're too hard. WelU I've collected many letters
pleading for older POKEs over the past few morrttis ai>d have
tried to answer as many as possible In this bumper edHion. If
'^ere is stiti a game that you find parUcularly difficuti, then
don't hesitate to contact me.

GHOSTS ANOfilMaJIIS

id REM GHOSTS & QOB-

LINS

20 REM 8Y PHIL CHUR-
CHYARD

21 REM INFINITi LIVES
AND TIME

30 CLEAR 599dg

40 RESTORE

SO LET TOT =0

60 LET WEIGHT ==2

70 FOfI 1-60000 TO 60029

80 READA;LETTOT=TOT

+ WEIGHT * a
m POKE LA^ LET

WEIGHT- WEIGHT +1
too NEXT I
110 IF TOT < > 51329 THEN

PRINT FLASH 1 ;

"EftflOR m DATAllI" :
BEEP 1.0: STOP

120 INK 7:CL£AR 25000:
PRINT #1; AT 0,2; "Start
Ghosts & Goblins tape"

130 LOAD ""CODE: RAN-
DOMIZE USR 60000:
RANDOMIZE USR
654T7

1000 DATA 33,113,234.17,
161

1001 DATA 255. 6, 11.126.
238

1002 DATA 170. Id, 3S. 1«,
16

V003 DATA 24B. 201 , S2, 2.
50

1004 DATA 217, 140. 193,
253,33

1005 DATA 58, 92. 201 , 0,
9999 STOP

fiAMrriCT

10

11

20

30
40

60

60

70

REM GAUNTLET
HEALTH

REM BY ANTONY SHIP-
LEY

CLEAR 28999^ LET
TOT =

FOR A 29000 TO 29014
READ D: LET
TOT=TOT+D;POKE
A,D

NEXT A: IFTOToieOl
THEN PRINT AT 10,10;
"ERROR IN
DATA":STOP
OATA62, 255, 17,81,1,
221,33.0,128,55,205,
36,5,251,201
CLS; PRINT AT
10,10;' START TAPE"

90 RANDOMIZE USR

29000: RANDOMIZE

USR 29000
100 IF PEEK 32314 = 16

THEN LET A1= 32: LET

A2 134
110 IF PEEK 32814^232

THEN LET A1 ^104: LET

A2 169
120 POKE 32793.38: POKE

32794,128
130 POKE 32863^41; POKE

32864.255
140 LET A 33047
150 READ D: IF D 9999

THEN RAN DQMIZEU

32791
160 POKE A,0: LETA=A+1;

60 TO 150
170 DATA 62. 201 , 50. A1 , A2,

195, 0, 132, 9999

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PW^tSOY

40

POKE 65110,22: POKE

65111.255

10

LOAD ""CODE

SO

RANDOMIZE USR d

20

FOR F- 65302 TO 65307

65000 1

30

READ A: POKE F.A:

60

DATA50,151.1B7, 195,

NEXTf

86,5

70

POKE 65383.165

60

FORN 65482 TO
65497: READ A: POKE

1

REM COMMANDO INR-

N,A: NEXT N

NITE LIVES

90

RANDOMIZE USR

10

CLEAR 40000

65263

20

LOAD ""CODE

100 DATA 175. SO. 122, 104,

30

POKE 65267,203

50

40

POKE 65379.68

1iaDATA4, 108, 50, 5, 108

SO

POKE 66380,15

12ODATA50,6. 108, 195.3C

60

POKE 65382,108

130 DATA 100

66 CRASH Christmas Special 1 938

OKE

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^M n tJie dis^nt jungles of Cwitral America, revotiition
^M Isint^eairTttegovsmmentofthelkniacratic
10 Republic dI El DIadb \m been brutally overttimwn
and the evil de^ct ttnoMti only es Fernandez rules the land.
Summoned by tlie exiled leaders of your homeland, you
must tree your peoiite from the opprtislw yoke of ttie Dictator
by destroying the mititary bas^ tjiiat have protected

Femanitai mm urn imrith of ht& p»i

Jnps, tanks, motottydes, trains

Huge play area

One or two player Oiptions {some to

Map of El Diablo

FrSf 'Fernandez* badge
• 'Feminde^ poster and T-shirt offer

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)r you can'e gel very tar m I his
magntriceni Ocean game and
would like !o see what the resi
of Ihe landscape looks like
ihen read on. When you siart.
shooi all your companions, and
run up the ramp naar the plane,
Now |ump nH >^" yiou land

wtwre you started. Do this until

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BKplore,

(Occupant: Warren Fleming i

Ahh, I Iav9 Christmas. All th^t turkey, plum pud and, of cour&e,
ih« pretiies. But the bftst thing of itlt fof us rriotaltertlsall that
crummy cash! The Motel is looking the best it Itars for ^ges,
wlwtwith all the decorations and that brilliant Christmas tr«6
b the miiklle of thte car perk covered in lights. AD we need
now is a Ml of snow and it would bo perfect - but I suppose
ttiit'e too much to a»k. Th« cheats htave flocked in thetr
thousands for this «xtra special Cheat Mode Motel, making it
i^art! to select the very best tor you atl to enjoy over the lestive
pwiod. I'm of* now, we^ve got a big staff party and I don't want
'.0 miss out ^n alj those ch««9»-WKl'pineap^ple'On-sticks <lo
i?Seeya next year , . .

CmRMOID tl erther - LM) you should get the

reward of inlinile lives, I dreatJ

<aftaele Cecco has come up lo think what he will come up

■itiDnothorcheat withabitof ' wilhnexi'

r.y nature, This time if you (Occupant: The Gedling

•>>hm your keys as obg¥ Cracking Crew)
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A] thetjegmning of each round
m*& the key that makes your
p^ (luck. (Where did this duck
jjftie Irom? tioyd's Christmas
i^ispping? - Ed.ji Wait a lew
loconds until Ihe other pigs

have mutilaled each other ai^
starwJ up and pick off Iho last
two or three piigs which are left.
If you conl^ue to do this you
should complete the game in
no lime.

(Occupant: Caltum Mc1el'
ridgo)

QESOlAWn

As til ijii muiliload games with
headers you can load in the
header, the first btl of the level

you are d

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ttie secofMj t^l gl a»iy ol the

levels Load the one you want

and you should bo on Ihat

level.

(Occupant Mr S Glaus)

Another ofie of Ihoso live-
figured code numbers Ihat
drive everyona mad. This time

When you find Ihe cheese, pick
ri up. f^iow ga outside and drop
Jl t^tow you can board the
cheese - and il makes a very
line ship too. going last
enough lor you to roach ttve
colony craft easily. Silly eh''
iOccupanI Qary Palmer)

it's iH''j'' which will allow you lo
enlef Level Two of the new
Oinamicigame.
(Occupant Philip Cape)^

sxAU&mn

When you shoot off «ho ramp
do a 180 turn <n Ihe air arKi
land backwards Now turn
your joystick around and you

can control (tie cfu^racler qutlu
comfortably while fte goes
backwards. If you now jump oil
a ramp you will really impress
the judges
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^B rrorry poople this fear - but rt

^B mas v«i7, veiy hard. I can now

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9jm« and th9<a are a few tips
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DOUBLE DARE!

ELE
FLND

*Wien ywj start a level, NEVER
tooA a control box until the
force fteW comp<iter is oiJt of
aciioc. There is an ©xcepuon to
»B ofi Level FcHjr. This applies
to Dan. but with Xtte Mekea\ you
itct teens on (he way,
I iOft Laval Two. ytJu must pick
I jO ite escape pods operation
gml (10 the tar nght of Ihe map).
I II: looks like a hi-n' Without this
)0u wiH not be abte lo fini&h the
91m.

fOn Level Three thefe is an
stiiect which looks like a TV. Qet
"^^ as it swticfies off tfte air flow
.■,'ntifators. \t you don't do tl*ws.
. . won't be able to gel off the
i-, s\ Also, try to $hoot the forc«-

fi-eld oomputef befora yOu did.
since if you don't you' It have to
sacnfice a couple of lives more
than /ou would normally. Try it
and see whry!

#Level Four contains or>e of the
hardest screens tn tfw whole
game. From the start, head two
s-creens right and on© down. You
should be in a screen with a
gravrty generator in it (It is tfw
room to the right of tf>e disguise
room). The gravity generator
(GG) isclosetothedoof and root
here, so it's difficult to get
through. This Is fww to do it
every time. Try to manoeuvre the
bike so you are wedged m at the
door and the brt o( roof atiove. It
you are. then shoot the door (to
open <t>. Keep only the up key
pr^ss^ then, with the key still
pres&ed, press the ngh\ key and
you should go through it,
enabling you to shoot a treen.
This only works if you are Dan,
but the Mekon's method is simi-
lar.

A COUPLE OF
QUICKIES

That iv<n POKES a4Tttf*d st
Vh last minute but I (ust man*
sged to squeeze them in as
Ijny're for (fuHe new ganf>es.
rm afraid I «An*t test the
routines as we only have Pex

and T^hoofi an • 3 disk and
Gse89»M Rally is lost m stor-
age, but I'm sure you'll wrfle/
nrvg in and tell me if they don't
work.

lERS

Si

TYPHOON

REX

}NmiTEUVES

INFINtTE LIVES

to CLEAR 24675: LOAD

10

CLEAR 24575

"CODE 65024

20

LOAD ""CODE 65024;

JO POKE &S039, 251 : POKE

POKE 65039,251: POKE

65MO,201 ; RANDOMIZE

65040,201

USR 65024: POKE

30

RUN USR 65024t POKE

65317,91

65314,170: POKE

30 FORA 23296TO2330S:

65315,91: FORA 23466

READS: POKE A,a:

TO 23473

NEXT A: RANDOMIZE

40

READ B; POKE A.B:

USR 65260

NEXT A: RUN USR 65280

40 DATA 175, 50. 231, 152,

50

DATA62. 250,50, 141,

50,135,153,195.0,255

242,195.0,91

GEE BEE AIR RALLY

UtE,

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10 REM GEE BEE AiR

RALLY HACK
» REM UNLIMITED TIME
30 REM NEVER FAIL TO

QUALIFY
« INK 7: PAPER 7
SO CLEAR 65535
« LOAD ■"■CODE
T9 POKE 62492^91
SO LOAD ""SCREENS

MASTERING THE UNIVERSE

it You ml I bB given two Options:
surrender or fight
A Choose the first one {ft you
have picked up all the sevefi
chords you will be gtven the issl
one)

^Finally, defeat Skeletor to
become MASTER OF THE UNI-
VERSE

Or if you still find the ^ame
(Wflcult and have a Multi'ace,
you can use (l>ese POKEs that
Paulo included with his letter.

POKE 42 1 73 ,0 - infinite hves

POKE 4 1 274. n - numb&f cf fives

POKE 51406,0- /mmumfy

POKE 4321i0.n - number of

ghosts

POKE 52346,60 ~ shws down

thedodt

POKE 41420,175 4 POKE

4 1 42 1 ,0 - any number Of Chords

Pauto Nogueira was so excited
when h* cotnple ted Mast&fs Of

90 FORA 23296 TO S5535
100 READ C
110IFC-999THENGOTO

USR 624&4
120 POKE A,C

130NEXTA
140OATA175, 33, 186. 161,

119.35.119,35,119,195,

0,126,999

TT>e Universe ttiat he wrote In
from PORTUGAL straight
Bway wfth the sobtion, soffie
POKES and a map. Now the
letter has come alt this way to
Er>gland I can't not print It, can
17 So here It alt Is, >.

^Get to the cemetery arKi pick
up Chord One
•Get Chord Two
-kGo to I he

sc rapyard as fast as you can {be-
fore the clock reacf>e3 630)
<A: Defeat Blade and Karg to get
a new chord

*Get to the stofe before 4:30
irKill seventy ghosts to 9et a
new chord

*Qet Chord Three and Chord
Four (ihe fifth and sixth chords)
-•Go to the rooftops
#Once inside your space disc,
kill the enuamies

•After a lew momerrts you are
given your seventh chord

SUPER HERO

10 REM SUPER HERO
HACK

20 REM HOWDON HAC-
KERS'SQ

21 REM INFINITE MEN
AND ALL WEAPONS

30 CLEAR 27599

40 LOAD ""SCREENS

50 LOAD ""CODE 27600
60 PAPER 0:CLS
70 LOAD " "CODE 163*4
80 POKE 49625,0
90 POKE 40444.0
100 FOR F 46334 TO 46337
110 POKE F,255
120 NEXT F
130 RANDOMIZE USR
40341

+3 POKES AT LAST!

Yes, ttvat^s right ladies and
g«nts, giiys sr^ galSi appl«s
and orang«s(!}. these 6t6 the
very hrst -3 POKEs to be
printed in CRASH (cue wild
applause, boo ssss', damn
that's the wrong button). They
are for that eui>er arcade con*
version from Domark, Star
Wars from Andy Diisk

Destroyer' Miller and Rrebird*s
brilliant The Sentitiel Irom The
Howdon Hackers. W you follow
tfw tnstructions below on your
' 3 tf^en ytHi should get the
reward of infinite shields on
Star Wars and Inflrtlte ertergy
orv The Senfrns/- now aint that
great?

THE SENTINEL

10

20

30
40
SO

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70

so

REM THE SENTINEL

• DISK HACK

REM HOWDOK HAC-

KERS'Se

REM

CLEAR 39999

FOR F = 40000 TO 40033

READ A: POKE F,A

HEXTF

LpAD"t3A:SEN

TINEL.001 "SCREENS

90 LOAD "9 A: SEN-

T1NEL.LDR"C0DC 32768
100 RANDOMIZE USR 4D000
120 DATA 17. 0.64, 237, W
130 DATA 48, 1 2B. 33, B1, 1 Se
140 DATA6. 1.237, 178, 195
ISO DATA 0, 1 26, 205. St , 1 92
160 DATA 151. SO. 206. 126.50
170 DATA 32, 146.201,127
ISO DATA 72, 72, 30,56, 50

STAR WARS

1 . Enter - 3 BASIC mod^-

2. Insert Stm Wms disk.

3. Type LOAD ' DISK and press
ENTER.

4. Immediately keep hold of the
BREAK key until a listirtg
apfMars,

5. Type ?1 POKE 45268.0
(ENTERI.

e. Now type RUN (ENTER),

7. When the same loads you will

have infinite shields.

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CRASH Chri st mas Spec lal 1 988 75

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Schwa r/eneggers Ihe Running M^n -
[tf:- whervevef a competitor inevitably

■ 1 round he doesn't just gel the
fi--'hv y^^jcheque book arid pen, the
.'■'■.<.ky person is killed!

Well, luckily there wa« nocharrce of
me risking life and limb when I rang
^V'iny and asked them for details of
^ a >, bur I hen they're such a nice
bunch of people anyway. (Well, to tell
ycnj the trulh, Destiny's main man was
in ^Tispital, and things were extremely
J i' rt?ni - CWS Francis!) First prlie is
laranf^ looking entity called Mr
Game Show from a company called
'■f'ibow Toys (no folaiion to Rainbow

■iO you won't be getting sued or

anything like (hat!J. What does it dof

' ' idy this small Leslie Crowt****'

jL^dlike has an increciibJe 70C
^CfC^buUry. enabling htm to participate

lone of th ree different q u i z ga nries .

figure wifl also praise you for
(ortKt aniwer^ and ^cdd - but not kill

-vou for incorrect ones.
Thirty runners-up will receive a copy
" '-'■', Yazz Show game. To
.vn ' and possibly win a
" iust answer the y pea sy game

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show Questions below. Then post the
answers (on the back of the obligatofy
po^^K cird etc . . . ) to . . . THE PRIZE
IS RIGHT, CRASH, POSojr 10,
LUDLOW, Sbmpsbfre SYS tOB, All
entries wiH be perused by the terrible
trio of CRASH Judges, and their word,
as usual, is final ('final - CRASH
Judges). Remember, entries must reach
us by January 1 1989, or else by the
time you come on down, we'll of all
gone home, ha ha!

1 Whkh g^me show does Paul
Oanieh host?

2 This m^n coined such famous
phrases as 'good game, go€jd
gAme' and 'give us a twiri*^
who is he?

3 Who sj ys "come on down \

4 Which famous consoiMhn
prize is won on Biankety Bhnkl

5 On which show can ihe
contestants win 'big money'?

6 Which TV quiz show is hosted
by Michael Barrymore?

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We4l, it's that time of /ear again. Relatives you hardh/
mm mom descend on your humble abode and stuft
thomsehms with as much food and drink as they car
firaJ (people not unlike our Phil and Nick), So Juslsmik
gweetly and accept alt of those unwanted presents
(usually the sweater wrth four arms and two head holes
that Aunt MaNe has t^een giving you for goodness
knows how many years),

Ygletide is well and truly upon us, and arent pre-
sents expensive these days? Even a cheapo -car clean-
ing kit (shouldn't that be cheapo car>cleaning kit? -
Ed] for the Ed's Fiesta doesn't leave much change ou!
of a tenner.

Hends up all those of you who have asked Santa for
a computer game for Christmas.,? AJI of you have"'
Great What would we do without the software houses
to fill out all the wrapping paper bought at Christmas
time? Those setfless servants of the public pocket
deserve all tt>e support they can get, so make them
happy in 1389 - go out and buy their games! (Okay
Mark, end of the software Indushy advert! - Ed J

Okay, enough joking around, let's get down to bu^
ness. James Brown is blasting out of the office hi-fi
system (Nick's portable cassette/radio}, the sun is
shining (behind heavy, black clouds} and I've got i
stinking cold, so what's new?

WeM, you've sent tn lots of nice screen shots, loads
more have been liberated from the mountains of
strike-delayed mait, and here's a selection . . . Hang
on, who's this clanking into the office? It's none other
than RoboCop. You won't find any ED 209s in hert
mate, although we do have an Ed over there . . .

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THE FUTURE OF LAW
EfJFORCEMEfJT.

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HiibHle.,, ioboCop, he soon
wm Hit bMWtos out, (ApfM^
men IK can moM btcfc jfito Ihfl

fliwhid.) Trunks to Cfirts Pel

libc (is«7 - Ed) 1w t)H pleftm.

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And now th« 0fKl is ruMU-. BO
I face the tifial curtain'; y<»
here It cofnes, tha ertd of
1988. You just Mem to gel
into your stride, then bang,
youVe a year older. How has
your year been? Mlrie's been
pretty lousy (what with being
stuck in hospital for a coupto
of months earlier In the year).
But i*m a lot better now, I
won't go into Ifie gory
details, th«y might put you
off your Christmas Dinner.
But if you insM ... I had a
very complicated op e ra ti on,
something to do with having
my wallet surgteally
removed, m9 result of beirirg
toJd it was 'my round' down
at me local Pig and Whistle.
1 would tike to taiie this
opportunity to wish you all a
very Merry Christmes, and
thank you for sending in your
hard wori< throughout t9BS.
It's unfortunate that I haven't ;
been able to show off all of
your screen shots, but that's
showtiiz as they say. (No,
that's space- Ed.)
Oh, and before I toroet,
iw of you have been
r>dlng me blaclt and while
iCREENSe recently, they're
all very nice, txit the Ed has
asked me to ask you - colour
shots from now on ptease. I
may let the odd black artd
tjite shot through occo-
nslly. but I think you must
colour does liven up
ige, especiafly as OTS
M printed on whispy
white paper.
So keep sending me your
TS entries in 1989, end
remember the same rules
will apply. Design your won-
derful »creen(s). pop a cas-
sette or disk containing tli«
said work into an envelope.
and please remember to add
the SAE If your work is to be
returned. (I still get people
wanting their casaetlas
hack without sanding an
SAE As this is Christmas I
may l>e merciful, but please
send an SA£ if you want your
work t»ck from now on.)
There is a £40 worth of sott-
.^are prize tor the best, end
£ 1 worth for the rest shown.
So don't sit and fall asleep
r> front of the TV on Christ-
mas Pay) Design a screen
and sent H to ME, that's . . .
Mark 'WARHOL* Caswell,
On Tha Screen, CftASH.
PO Box to, LUOLPWt
Sliropafi/re SYB lOB.
you next year , .

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jigslrqt CREMLA, i*no h« b**n

ifnprtilon«d. Ytm corrttMt

tne hantlkaze hofdei, dodging

mlHiiK And avoiding tuilli o4

infL^rHfevceni m^mji.

One* you tmtt iht c<iv«fm of thi-

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ithirough.

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A <f«igg«r 1^ irw lolc lAfeapon

ydu rely on lo fcrtd off Th«

fnM<iblt<inti. You fIgMt aoAlnit th«

enemy troops. You have lo rttJj a

wedpon. And ddvd^^e forward.

It relight dl^ad. frothing un

deMtn you.

You crott swjmps,

mountains ^nd fortstS''.

there ^re enemtei <ill Ov^.

The w^y TO irt* priton l»comei

jrure luuudous th« furth«f you

adVJHxe, You take command

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Ahh! How wondtjful it is to once again
be tucking iatu my pride and joy -

SlunnlnrJ. To bc quite honest, [ wab get-
ting rather iaded bai^hing tfw;<y at Cvhi'r-
mnd //-type code ior so many months.
Proip-amming ihc same game can

Hit' ^^^^^^^^^Hi ^Hh^^^H

becbme very routine and boring <ifi|F-a
whikn regairdless o^tiovv innovative or
tremendous you thought ii wa^i at the
beginning. Of course, bcine the mod.e<it
chap that 1 am,- 1 never think that my
games are innovative or trememlous -
it*!^ iust a simple Jaet thai theyVe iantas«
tic. (I hereby btate that the universe
revolves around a phcnomen^v denst:
anii largv celestial hi>dy perched on Kat
Cceco's shoulders ~ AH).

*- * fi^lend teUs Raf the truth tt,<

Stardale;.4 October 198«

. ■ • .

Thiokirvg about*fi"Wfln andf^yK-moidA
ili^ckJed ihul the information jiajiel ii
Siitmiktrd should be a iptaily djHcret!
atTair from the panels in these gainet.J
have the ide# of representing vinudi
.all the information - the fiilaycr ti
Suiiifjh-ui will require iff a graphical. 2
opposed to numerical, form. Allhttjiu
of the day it will look a lot isore p|rtf^
and less b<inngthan nt^' old stylt p^ineh
I st( abuu^ duudhng with some pant!
ck&igns, trying to find a happy medirn
between graphiuti appeal and fun^
tional legibility. I really g«t into desir-
ing graphics and often find that maAii
criAlive hour has passed without nk
noticing. These iftys, regretfully, lln

■fc ' -L. *__ ._!_«__ ^_ L

drawn by an uuH leaving the proKrin^
mer's time free to concentrate on coil
ing. Oh well, at the end of the day itil!
adds up to a belter game.

6 October 1988

t am informed of a niCcting to be beH
with Paul niccguy'Chairibt-rlain'Sa^
ware Manager) at Hcwson HQ on tki
|9th. Nick Jones rmy C64'I>wiim|
cbnro) and I will both have \u iitlcndil
fact, Ntcjk and I have been paiid
togcihiT sn often ihcsc days that yoH'l
think wv wtre brviher^, des^tethelk}
that Vm infinitely more handsome iks
he is.

11 October 1988

Nick and I discuss (between numerti«>
renditions of Bohemian Rhapsody ^ \
Nick on the piano) possible wafs iha

Ik main character in Sformhrtt ma)r ftrc >
lalbc «nd I opi for a tiyslcm whcrcb)'
the pbyer hold^t down ihc hrc key to
Wd op energy and ihtn releases the
b? 10 ihrtiw the pruKctik- I he more
eantQrhds het^n huilt up, the FiiMGrand
lirtberlhi; projectile will go. This intro-
imtt 3. nifty tik-m^nl ol strategy th;it 1
wiitilixc when pliitnniti|^i>ut the miip^.

12 October 1988

Hwc coding up of Sinnrshrifh informa-
Uon pane J gets the "hfe Force * ajid "fairy

Itrti'd?!) indicators working. I am very
^a»d with the w;iy n\ Juokjng,

13 October 1988

^

J nut i^chkI friend and felluw program-
■cTt David Pci;ry (who wrote Saii<jgt-) to
luTC i look at his new car (a nifty VW
kiiwco ] .H Turboj. The on^y problem
Hlhit good old David i& 6'B" lalJ, and
wka&to drive with the *>un tttut tipen dtl
thelilBe! [This li actuallv iruc» foUtilji

14 October 198S

hfwnd the best part of today re-coding
lit sprite-handling ftVstem in StormhrrJ.
kouldadopt the oJd^age of *if ttwork^
Ltnn leave it 't but feel that the ncwYnod'
^dtions (that niake tM routine more
ittibki wjjl pay aividend^ as far as
progr JWrning time gov^ in the long run,

18 October 1988 ,

Hk usual *la«l-ininute ru%h' that moM
|iro(nfliinerb'know .and Euve i^ in full
';p«l|ti(Mi as' ffnintiecilly 'bang that
todclo' re^dy for the rnecting toinqr-

XWhy h it that my Spcclrpm alivuv>
vplaytng up at thncs like thi!i? JLpad
'|i|$tk -fmai&^ing ' a^inst desktop'.

». ftaffflint* after smelling armpit! SuryanJ catches falling ^^
programmer J^flj^Bk

19 October 1988

After savinK my demo fur Sutrrniuril onitt
tape at the last minute, I rush tu Nick
Jones's house thinking that if I zoom
a^png at highly dan^errius speeds we'll
be la time for ikv mvcting. Nick abso-
luiely inlists that ht- must have a shower
before we set off becaujie he, 'feels
awfuT. (One of these days ... >

Apart from me being blamed for
being late, the meeting with PautCham>
l^rlain al'llt:wson proji'es to be escep*
tion ally unusual. Nickand.J are actually
difjitly praised fur our wurk (but a«

i L'r-^nBt.^J ^^^^jA-fj B ^^^fc A.'l^ ^^m.Jt 11*1 Lrl.' t>!^^^^M/ V 1

llti|r(wofd'<ftaiigeid due to decency -'
Erf} and Oh f LHA«vFJ' can be tiwrd
esnatiitg throughout the household.
Voii could probably fry bacon on. my*
Iwchcad th^pugh thq^c demonstrations
ill liuL|U aymg . . .
Iff albd,ioorknum who snutihta ks tooti

fee . . . ). We -discussed the UlASH'
^ov^.demo of SjurmliifJ and decided
thai a few mort afy^ work>ou|:d eijake
'ft wunhy of yuur initubitjbti: scru'tiiiy.
(Look ouljor- the demo of Rafa latest

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and g;reates1 game on the next issue of

sueb ui»bclii.;vabli: v:ilue fur money from
ihis '.p]endlfcrt)U& magsiunc excellent
rcvlc^, competilions. photographs of
Corinoe Russell and J^aria Whitiakcr,
cover tapes and Cecco\ Log, bui (jl
coifhAl), (Cheers. Kaf. 1 knew that free
CRASH T'shirt would tiavt: somt: effect
*on yo«! - Ed.) Paul shows mc the
Stftrminrd packaging artwork and logti.
Elmmm , . . Jolly good I reckon.
except that the lairy has been de-winged
(but then, niJbody's perfect, although
Andrew E{cw#fn insists that he comes
ftretty close.) ^

\ October 1988

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Now, I be I you eipeef me to say; 'for
sumL* rcasun this mcjnth\ log has lo be
ended vaHy"- .»

Well 1 cail^ beeauvc for some reason
this monih's'tt^ h^in to be ended %flv.
{Chuckle. .\ ) . . : *'. •

before you go; Raf, whcrt-'ik ihi:
wducitve scxeen ii^h'citsof .Sf^irni/ijr^that
you prumived last munlh. - P«J *
(Umm ... - Raf (leaves in a c
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PROGRAMMERS

PROGRAMMERS

[After publishing our reviewers' 'All Time Greats' in Issue 57
I we thought it a good idea to ask some of the Spectrum's best
Iprogrammers what they thought were the true classics, and
I which binary maestros they most admired. Asking the ques-
tions was fearless PHIL KING, his only conditions; no naming
programs or games produced by the programmers' own regu-
kf software house. A rule courteously followed by alt..
well almost all.

liNiCROBIMSON (Graftgold)

umcfir^i came to the attentton of
jm gamers when he converted

fBi^ybf oak's CM classic Undium. A
:- dm v«riion of th ii hori^ontaj ly scrol -
n§ihoo!-'em-up was thought impossi-
:l^tiiitOorntnlc succeeded with a bnl-

f pi^ji'dble and very detailed arcade

ttWH.I&iueJS).

ttontent with just Oine best-sellirig
jm ihoot-'em-up, Dominic went on
IVBtt artQther hit with Zynapi (9'1 %,

f42) Hif ttiird ganie, however, took a

i4ft(ly different approach being very
ih, released ort Kewson's Rack-It
ei AnjrcJTji'eamed a very respectable

I in issue 43.
i! Unfortunately for us Spectrum^ owners,

HfiK has now moved onto 1 6-bit

"- nei, aiming to repeat there the suc-

i^«'thad on the Spectrym.

idrstrike - 'the veitor graphics are fast
■ Awgh to make it a very playable sli»oot-

rJ&mmando 'il'sjust a great shoot -'em-

; briSiii n liy converted from t he coi n-op. '

iiM S - 'the innovative 3-D technique

motion was put to marginally better

hsn \n the earfier Knight ior&.'

tadmired programmer: John PhiMips

ibait, Nebulus} - 'his ideas art

t original I, ar^ he's so competent

)Hy as to l>e able to implement

•^'nweii;

'I

M(KE SfNGLrrON
An ejc- school teacher Mike began his
career writing games with Spafe RM£t1of
the Commodore PtT -«chj«vin9 racort
breaking sales in 19ao of aroimd 300. For
tunately his neict game did a lot better,
Games Pack One sel Itng 90,000 for tlie
1X811 , After that Mik« wrote a vaHety of
games for leveraJ machines, while work-

ing for the now-defunct Postern, ft wastor
the newly- launched Seyond label, how-
ever, that he made his real breal^. thro ugh
yvilh a revolutionary lendscaping'
tedi n ique.Thesubsequenigame, iQfets Of
Midnight, earned an unbeatable ten out
often in Issue 7's Adwnture Tr»H. four
years later its classic game play keeps it m
the CRASH Adventure Chart, along with
the sequel Doomd&rk'i Btvm%ge ( 1(V10,
Issu* 13). Unfortunatdythe riisrt
revolutionary technique forced the del<iy
of Oark S^epf fe unti I Issue JJ 7 (88%), while
the firtal part of the Midnight trilogy
seems almost permantntly shelved as
Mike develc^ps yet more innovations \Qth\s
own software label; Maelstrom Garnas

1 . The Sentinel - ' the technical problern^
caused by the panorarnk view we re turned
into a virtue of the gamepiay, in tefitit of
the way you must trar^fer from one robot
to another instead of mowing.'
1. Driller- 'it's technically impressive,
although perhaps the {erkiness could ha ve
been ironed out, but nevertheless an
atmospheric environment is created.'

3. Nebulus - 'the revolving towers gave a
new twist to what isessentiialtyaplatfOfiyrf
game, very effective. '

ff Mlnt«r '

Most admired programmer Jeff
(earfyLlamasoft games and PsycheeMiaj-
■ he's ^one off at a tang e nt fro m "^

mainstream software to pxplore new
avenues, getting out of the rgts created &y
cloned progranu and ide^i

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RAf PAELE CECCO (Hewsoft} '-^-^

ftflfv first Spettf urTii luccci^ Wnds with
fqu/nojf (Issue 30, 37%) yvhich miss«d
being a CRASH Smjth by the barest
whisker Over a year later Raf returned
with the combative Exofon to earn hki first
CRASH Smash (90%, Issue 43). Deploying-
even more f rre power wa^ Cybem<tta
(96 ^f', i«ue 51) whid» is one of the finest
sboot-' wn*ups ever to appeal on the Spec-
trum. Suitably impressed CRASH invited
him to write the diary of his next proie<t
Stormford Briefly interrupted by the prog-
ramming of Cybernoid II (38%, Issue 57)
the game of thedlai^shouUJ^ out Iqj
Christm^. j

1. Knight Lof« - 'it's iust i pchnically brif
liant and a great game too.'

2. Jet Pac - it was very impressive at the
time af«i tremendously addictive.'

3. Commando - 'it's got very good scro*
Hng; simply a great shoot em up.

1
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Most admired programmer; Tim Stamper
(Ultimate} - 'Ultimate set new standards
in Spectrum software; Thpirs were the
games which imp ress«d thE} rr>ost-the'U^
(imate' programming tcam*^^^^^^"

J

ANDY ONIONS AND IAN OUVER
(Realtinre)

M&ng with third Realttrrif member
Graeme Baird, Andy and l.)nearne<d1he
first CRASH Smash l&t probably the best
Star Wars variant avaite hie; ftafrfrflSre
(93%, tssue 1 0. A more ofiginal sei^uel -
Sumrike II - 'Hii an even bLggt-r 5mn>h
(96%, Issue 2fi), Their next big hit was iht
dassic Star'j/ftfer (95%, i«ae 36> which
Improved on the ST original in playabl^ity
Currently Andy is just pLit1ir%g the finishing
touches to the Spectrum vprsion of Carrier
Command (originally written on
Ian and Graeme).

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1. Tvtrte " 'W% such a ijmple tdea, but so
deviously addictive.' '|

CRASH Christmas Specia!198S 97

1. Tau Ceti - the tuatvge' 3-D &ha4owifig
technique used creates an eerie atmns-

3. Last W)nfa 2 - ' the very detailed artwork
is i rnprtMw^ ev«n d>ougli it's in monoc-
hronot.' V ^

Most admired pro-grvmmer: Jon Hitman -
'he's very versatile and has tried m any dif-
ferent game style v'

, STEVE TURN E A (Graftgold) Steve was
i ^ound in the very early ddyi af Spect'um
software with hb Hewson trtlogyof short
'em^ups; 3t>Sp3ce Wtn, 30Seiddab
Attack (79%, Issue 3) and ?D I unatrack
(90%, lisiie4), His vpTvttility wdi sub-
sequently prover-i by the 'adventure

10) and Dragontorc{92*A . Issue 16), He
later created the space arcad« adventure

Astrodcne (8S%, i^sue 22), the brHliani
isometric 3'D roboi game. Qua^airort
194%, Issue 29)and theGiJunrJ'ef Inspked
RanararvA (90%. lvi>ue3S) More recemly
Steve has programmed yet a nother CRASH
Smash, intensify (91%, Issue 57).

I^AtlcAtae

2. The Great Escape

3. Stdfstrike

*iach marked a step forward fn program-
ming techniques but despite thfs, all are
well-designed games in theis' own right
whkh arC' very playable.'
Most admired progr*mmer|!s): Raffaele
Cecco, John PhiUips - *they are making
' more itioney than nrwl 5ertoiusty,ihey have
used the machine well to create very play-
able games.' k

DAVE MARSt4ALL tDtgJtal Integra-

tlon) ■ i

pave first acnmed Tame with his amazing
fUfght simulatSoni, Fighter PUotiB6%, tssue
2). The game wi)s highly acclaimed as one
of the most comp t€ j(, yet en|ay able ga mes
o* the day and r*- mains one of the most
realtsticsimulat'tonsavaibble on the Spec-
trum. Dave continued his aerial success
with th* helicopter simulation, Tomshawk
[93°A, bsue 23}. Advertised for ages before
^ a ppe ami th e g ^ me act ua I ly pro ved
worth the wait, wth yet another excep-
i tbnallyreai)ifi|Uieoiction of modern waf-
fare. Jf f

1 . f Mtc - ' it was very absorbir>g and kept
you glued to screen for hours on end *

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2, Kn'nl^* f ^re - 'the innovative Fifmation
tf c I ; J4 very impress) ve . '

3. Mercenary - 'it's a lot more than just a
3 Dshont-'emup: a very deep game.'

Most admired programmer 'I can't think
of anyone inparticiilar,'

MIKE LAMB (Ocean/Tmaglne)

Mike'^ <,uffiarr>f may iinply gentleness but
imnicakly he n be$t known for such
extremely violent games as that popular
beat-'em-up; Renegade (89%, Issue 44),
the macho military training game; Com-
bat Schoo/ (with Andrew Deakin) {Si%,
l.^ue 48) and finally Target; Renegade
{90%, Issue S2) Ht S aiming to continue
this blood soaked redbrd with the soonto-
bf? releasied Rambc UL

1 , GaldKiant f Artie] - 'it was written by my

f neiTid's brother and was one of the first

audhty Spiectrum oames, '

2 E ndure Racer - t like racing games and

!hriison«? of the bestof the genre.'

3. Bubfaie Botoble - 'it's simply a very play-

ijbiegame,' "

i

Most admired programmer{s]fr William
Wray {GafsKfanii, Jonathan Smith, the
Uiiimate team - 'they're all very compe-
tent.' I

JOHN PHILLIPS (Hewson)
John IS best known for his innovative
''otating tower' game, Nebuhs (85%,
Usue 47"' ' -J programmed the earlier

ball-toou! .n«M*abjji/(S9%, Issue 37)

Unfortunately John, like Dominic, has now
defected to the Ifi-bit machines but its
unlikely we've fealty seen the last of his
ideas since Wi ST smash Ffiminstor is now
being converted to the Spectrum,

1. NHtrcMary - 'ifs one of the few wire-
frame gameswhrdiworks realty well.*

2. Knight Lore - 'the isometric 3'D
tecl^nique was so impressive,'

3 TauCett 'an interesting 3-D technique,
ptiis involving gameplay,'

Most admired pregrammer{s] : the Ultt-
mate tedm, Stt'x^e Turner and C64 prog-
r.irnmer Paul Woakes (creator of Merce-
ndf^ — 'you never really know how 3-D
games are going to turn out, but he always
seems to get it right,'

SEAN CONRAN CVektor Graftx}
Ace sound and graphics man Sean
ach i eved i nsta nt success with h i s fi rst %fti\
trum game, the milita^ist^c Smash, i9i
One- Soot Camp (he di d t h e graphics J
the music- not Rob Hubbard). Sean iscuhl
rentty working on a sound ar^d music i
tem for all formats and his ambition ill
create a complete game by himseif.

^. &ooty - 'although the graphics ai«0i1
very gctod, the game itself is Just trei
ously addictive '

2 . Specttpede - ' I used to pi ay early a
games in the pub and this version of
tipede is very playable and extremely
addictive.'

3. Make-A-Chip (Psion} - ') found it
ente^ta^n•ng '

Most admired programmer: John Pi
(formerly of Binary Design)- 'his pi
such as Zub and Amaurote always h*** '
nice little touches and enceHent preswV
tion^'

PETE COOKE (Firebtrd)

The name of Pete Cooke is synonyn
with original, complex 3-D space |
such as the atmospheric Tau Ceiii
Issue 23) and the superb sequel, Ae*
(92%, Issue 36). Later, he created an
innovative 3-D version of Pong, the
strangely titled floom 10(62%, l»utl

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6. SPECTRON

?. CORRIDORS OF GENON

8. HVPERBLASTER

9, 3D TANK

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2. SHOW JUMPING

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t. SECTOR 90

2. HEATHROW

3. SOOOV THE SORCERER

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5. REAJ^M OF THE UNDEAD

6. MUMMY MUMMY

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garn«M(thi wonderful panoramic ^-D
vi^vy '

2. HighwayEntounttr-'itwasexcftSentty
impfternented and not &o tough M tQ be
Impoi^bl^, but pitched «t ju&t th? right
le^-t^l of tiiffiftiltv

.^ Figtlttf pilot - I V ery Qood fHgtiUimand
by far the beit in i^. day, «head of itii time.'

- Most ddmTred pfogramnrier: Cmta Panay^
iTUt Highway ^nnHinteri - *he has an
fn^ar^tfy recojgni^j^trie $tyle and tKe con-
it uf lii; games t\ also distinetiuc/

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fhiisijbertknGivn forhiiwork ^MjfhMajor
Dt!^0kipm#r^U in crtttirig the r«c«nt &o!id

3D, Fr^ieic.ipf q^ines Oriller{97%, lim*
47) •nd £X*rk .Sjc^^^ (4S%, l&«ue 54). The
Freoscape grapf^ icv lystem, which took
owor 11 monthi ro c;feate, ij atso beir\g
u&ed Jo{ TotafEtiip$e (as seen on last

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The 5*ntin0t j \fery original concept

pd anmnovjiiVf.- ^Dte<:l^n(qye,(tw^Manl
icomplifhment \o fit it ali Fnto the SpK-

2. LuntrJetrnan 'iui«dtoplay itagreat
oeal: nferydddksivt*.'
^ Kflighl Lorn - The Filmatm n 3 o
fftchnique Was extfemsly irmpresvivf vind
*WJV ahead of its time.'
M<»t fdmired progfammer the Ultirnate
t earn - 'they ra ived the q u <i I ity of Spectr u ffl
garrtes jnd madr/ othi^^rog rammers sit
upandtakei^ot'ce

lULIAN GOLLOP fTarget Games)

Itof'diers achieved ti>(t$tatut, but ^ ^l^vised
v'prj'on, reteaseo onthefirunird 5iitf»f
(rii>w SilverbJrdl ejmed ^ well di

His latent release ta5erS<ju*tf-iook
many months of h^rd woft and is
— ravi<ivv4}d in thts i v^ue') Frontiine j^ction,
The game ii avaiUible from Target Gamei
which i^ JuHan'i own company, for which
ilJ,y working on expansion mod-

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1. Lords Df Mldfiight- 'tt'i very aimos-
^itiem and lota My original'

2. Vutean it s JUST a great strategy gam«. '
3 The Rate -'itti as a tremendous amoum

Inrt admffed programmef R T Smith

_{lij..^.'., Ai:.!:f:'-\ 'all hts i|ames are t^ery
well deiigned an ft ,i [so well programmed.

E L CROUCH ER (Anyone who pays

no ugh)

■wrirft tan be ^^.td about the mysteri-
uiMitri / H^e w^^ '1 round in the pioneering
lysof Speirtrur-i suftware as co-founder
■vith Chrjt i an Psi if old) of Automata, and
cori^eivei nany mriovative games such ai
feMar*'"^ ^mplete with syn-
roriisad K ':k< - unrated in Issue

Oh My N^me Si uncte Gtoucho, Y&u Wtn
fst Ogfrand PiMsma which achieved a
It foHowfng At'vr leaving Automata
n Ar^^ii r, Tl'sD.iy ') in l^^l^^hf instigated
til >^atr,. projects at CHLJ ndud ■

I'mtnguJr Ij .'£) in which an alien
rm, witii d rL'^[r£t^c personalty, took
up residence in the vomputer Mow, of

1 00 CRASH Christmas Special 1 9S8

coutse, Mel is a freetance writer -^ his
Monitor arlit:J(>i dff currently running in
altematii jssues of CRASH,

1 . Deus Ex Maehlna ^

2. My Name is Uncle
GrouchO YatjHMn A Fat Cigar

3. PiMmi* ^"^

'Thev are iiM jusT brilltarttf
Other pMpti'i game* ' I hate them all f
Most Hmlred programmer Augusta Ada
Byron '^h(} ;>j/aie the first ever book
about computer prog rants in 1843, at the
age of 28. She dcd age 36 from coniump-
T i?i. but she wsii dtad right about com
puier^i'py ^^^

DAVID LEITCH tBFndry Oestgn)

David has recently corrip feted the soccer
m-irvagement game, Profvsiionat footbiU
(reviewed m this issue) for CftL. He's cur-
rently working with tfie Binary Design
team OA the Spectrum version of the orien-
tal beat-'em-up comop. Double Dngon,
for Melbourne House.

1.3-0 Ani Attacfc - 'it was great at the

time; amice i^deawell executed with plenty

o't atmosphere '

2 Match Day 11 a nepf t he most pi ayable

g ames on the Spectrum, a lot of thought

vi^eni info tlie tjamepJijy *

3. Jet Pec 'a^ioundirg at the timeand

m o re pi ciy,i bl e t h, 1 n tote r Ultimate games '

Most admired proorammer: John Pick ford
iTiy predecessor at Bmary Design he

iivroti? t^i? tethii'taliy encellent Amaufote
,,-inn 'fM- .'i>ryplay^eZL;i).'

CHRISTIAN URQUHART (Cybadyne)
Another vc; ef an' specif um programmer,
Chnstia-^ produced n^iny early games
irr iij^i' •I'onchbjflUt (66%, Issue 2}, the
p *' ■ pop ij I .?f O^i^y Thompion 's

Pefc/tmorifBi^.lBOe VO). Robot Mefitah
(forhisownlabeliAlphabAtim -72%, Issue
24) and more recently for Destiny Soft-

ware, The Bobby Yaii Sftow{B5%, issut I
S7)

1. Atic Atac

2. Cyberr>oid

3. Knight Lore
'They've all got plenty of game COntI

Most admired programmer' MikeSin^lel
ton - 'he lives just down the foadf

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Best known for the classic football gam
Maich Qay (86%. (ssue 1 3) and M»uh
Day // (91 %. Issue 4S) Jon has also creaiM
(with graphics man Berme Drummondl
some great * so metric 3-D arcade advp-
tures like j?afman and Head Over Het-i
He's now working on a football a read*
game for Rare (formerly Ultimate).

1> Xeno - '(t's an awful one player gan
but great for two players, '

2. Knight Lore ~ ' I ioved it at first Si ghti
wanted to explore the whole play arul

3. Underwuride - 'it drove me up the v^i'j
I just couldn't stop playing/

Most ad mi red programmer: G>risStar
- 'over the years Ultimate have pfodu
the moit amazjng games. '

MIKE FOLUN (Software Creaiio-

Mike's first Spectrum game was the ■ ;
shcx)t-'emup for insight, VectrOfj(9^,
Issue 24). He also programmed the Spif
trum version of T/Je 5en tiine/ (97*^(1, IM*
40), and the excellent coin-op converw
ffuM/e 9obb/e (90%, Issue 4S) and £
GcNnmando 02%, Essue S3). Mike is '
renti y wo r k ing on t h e Spect rum «rs
the new QO'/Capcom racing game, ir
itoffn.

1. Knight Lore - 'the great 3-D Qrap^
create a good atmosphere.'

2. Code Name Mat - 'it's just a great ■
person space game: S used to play it dr

3. Pentagram - 'well it's just KnigtitLVt

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IHE OVERALL WINNERS

Chris and Tim StaTnper
(Raire, Ultimate)

IMLwhal can b« uid about Uttifnate:
n^y The Game that hatrv't b«en said
ilrudy. In ihetf day. which siretch«d
N«l Jrrpji:(1963) to PenUgram(1%S6l
im/wtrt' undoubtedly the firvesT loft-
Mtt house irou od . Thei r ref ii iai to 9 iiv e
iMRvktws, the superb packaging and
Anil bhitiantgamef created a mystique
WMdi has yet to be replicated
Uoreovei, VI rtuaMy all their garnet wfrr«'
(Ki^Jeivt, i>oiFte #«tAhiished same t^^ti
tlfDiby find iheir roots in on« or other
Otihv Ultiimate gamvs. AtfC At,ic far
tiVhplf wax probably the firti arcade-
t^wntufe, while the influence of
>n^ht Loff'i isometric Fitmaition 1-0
cnairH powerful even today. UUlrnate
vf «tn|}lus*&td atteotton to d«t4M

ago to work on Nintendo gamei and
ofiginal coin-ops. Mere'« what the pro?*
rammers' pfogrammer* remember
when tiiey took back into the hiftOfy Of
the Spfrctruin.

1. 3-D Combat Zone - Thiv earty Jon Rit-
man game, featured the first re^l
attempt at true 3-D on the Spectrum and
was very impressive at the time.'

2, The Hobbit sirf^ply orte of tho«e
games which we piayed for absolutely
ages '

3 3-0 Ant Attack - 'yet another truly
I" pres^ive 3-0 game, usfog the fnnova-
tjvi> Softsoiid' 3D technique

Most admired prog rammer ion Ritman
(now wofktng for Rare!} - 'he's b^n
around long time (tvo offence meamiV
and h^s produced some of the most play-
abte games on the Spectrum,'

MJ pUy*bility iTiAklng VitmAte: The
(sl^^ Warki an essefitial purchase
■sri than three years after the last of
tn QaiTCS wef e wrttten. Games such as
^rr* Ubre Wulf. Unti&rwKiftcfe «nd
ftill captivate, AH the more
TTwn IV nioum. then. th« pauing of
itt fftat software hou *« i nto Sp«ctru m
liisiary. Today the Stamper fjroihers
^tdl Rii.'p, a coiti]i4ny (orm«d two ye^rs

On being voted the ben |»ro^ rammers,
plus having their gam* ^nioM' lore
voted best game 'We're ^osolutely
delighted: we are a group of tndivfduals
who jun love games and the software
mdustry. What started as a hobby is now
our job and to get paid for rthst we
enjoy doing is gr^at Even now we strd
love to pldy gitmes and take grea^d
delight i n i««iog our products de veiop. '^

with firing reaily, but beir^g a fart of the
former. th»s ajopMls to mi.> g realty

Most admired programmt^r .1 ,.nathao
SfTijth - 'Jne's io competent techrvicall;^

DONALD CAMPBELL (TterteK)

Donald is known for hh work for Tierte*.
(which he co-founded wiili John Prince
just over a year ago)' on coin~op conver-
sion i such as itreet fight eri 59 % , fsuie 5 i )
end 720" Tlertex also programmed the
original RotUng Thundf' (47%, lesu** 50).
Donald is now working withthf re*t of t^ e
Ttenex tesmon Tfiyrute/ B^ade.

1. 3'D D«lith<ha««- 'it'-, ane of t^el
eHhiiarating. fast-moving 9arri» ever on]
theSpeclmm.'

J.ThtS«ntin«l -'lt'ie>tt^iltnt
implemented with so rnuth d*pth.'
3- H«ad Over Heels - as well as being
^taphic^lly excellent, it's gotj
intriguing content.

Most admired programmer: |on Ritmanl
'whether it's football q a mes or :',ometric]
arcAd e adve n t ufe^, al I h t s s tuff is very wel ij
thought out and techmrjify competent,

ANDR£W OEAKIN (Ocean/Imagine)

Andrew has previomly worked on tn?
Spertrum uefsion of Comfcai School (with
Mike Ldmb}and finished the conversion of
Taito's pqpular Oftefdtton WSpf ^(STn a«h«d

irvlhii issue) months agCi Sin,ctithfn,hehdis
been concenu^tng on .ui other Ocean
Qam)e-of.tht*fllm, J^miio ;

I.Cobra-lt'sgot^flHichplayaDillrty arte

gre^l icroltmg '

2. Knl^ IjOT* - ' wh«n 1 f 1 rft ^W it I just

couldn't believe it'

3 Lightforce 'it's iJintXy the best shoot

*em'upevef done onthf Spectru^m

Most admirvd prt^^rammer Ja n at^A
Smiih (currenily wdrktna un the
ffdi/n^ngame demoedc'^thenextTiiue
of CRASH) 'he's consistenTfy produced
playable games with aMcetlent scroll:

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ifp Ay.'rt «aani put into

le s^»d rwiinbwre as

»: "jun juvtQusiy add to tfie

irap^iflra Anodw oraMfbaci is thai.

i^iturss dsscriiedl In me

Dut are insteatl prDnnisatf for
Ktt» in my BKpeilance
kits am almost Invtfatily
rudHs ui vnsti&i iNfddnQ on Ow
^. grille software tKMffi.
i|M4«tB$s ow gan« seerRs wol)
sjeiped lor susii Kfls. wtlfi the
ofurtn pKytma b^tna k)«d«j
Ftfwliaily after ttte main (Hvgram,
^ eenantES are THe AssMsms,
lliQitise ftssikun and flescMi From
^ unot ttie (ktt scenaiio te m«
iii!Mt«)il shortsit. aod <6 itw one
fipost piayiHS wai begin witti But

ikKffntftothep! <s

III Mk or $0 moivskkit otmIs,

moptr has tni own set ol

iocjemtjcs whtcft. artfiough not

< - '>y; ftfieoook. can b^s ejcamiiidd

Oie gauna itself A {looi trf

tt ^tat^oUi to ije sde^'

icludes fouf typM at
: varyino proiBctJon for
:k and s(<]ci$ at a

,ii9uc:ii>iate)y Qnaater ottt -

oavtousiy reducing aeda points lor
w«4ponry . In pmcOce 1 Iwiivd IM even
tevet feitf amiour often scan!
maistann id tlie enaniy ia»er^^ vtm
tTTwnwa aimDSt always [wnshing aner
a ateondM

t i on armoiif leavey rHOfe

"^^ ■;--. i»nweinterfistwiq.,a(id

task ol weapons seiociw
ir^uiOvi fKra are a rocket tauncner,
ilaoger, Qtenade. aqMoaive and six
tunerant iype» ot ym. Ttie

chanKteristes ol each ty^o of wBfipon
are ttt out In a niletioo^ labte ctKmiilex
«nousft tc» tM tew^ldeHni), m adOrtim
to the ptwficlaUe damage factur
weapon Nave a d^ffettnt percentage
cttance €f iwning the tarQC. at a
(fistwice and at dose combtt, a wmgni
(and tlwetore an enajmbranca Muei
and a ski lactorto ftoterm I ne how wcM
an mexperienced vm wid handle ii
Tlie weapons wary m cosl too, In roagft
(MflfNVliQn to (heir tlrewwer - M tivs
ihouid by no means be 9m oMy
consideranon wtien m^dilnq

weapons with knsjiyldiial^ For oxantpie
someone witii a r^ ^rmg sioli mM
make etic8li»it use of a iniges tWe.
wherms anoylce is prQiMbtlr better off
wWi a ovsitf tieayy tasef The (Ttost
deadly weapon on the List ts me
Qxpkisive. ciQGely rofowed bv tlie
rocket launcher

Havtng suttaWy ktttad out your
5({uad you cvi Vte defrioy them via
some nicety pnaefttad. idfot-onxTf
select]gn screens, irfgame ^s^=
stRitiady sttndNtl cpfflpiete »'.i<
t»i«£line. trees and so ^ These ate
stuom in a kind of squa^wd owtnid
new 3D wNch soolts a dartictef
block al a t>me A panel best?:
mam display idefTtiHes overyu»>^
under the cursor in case therv ^ou^
tieafly douhtatoutit *S^^mt sae«n'

■ pottBd piteT!' - 'sjrtity Chan - flvfw
•ioe". TlTfij, 3fB rnenty lot

decoration, .n-u uccasMsnaJty tor
blowing up. H wouid add an arcade
iKlventt«v element lo V\« game If ttie
player s units couid interact witn ttie
landscape in some mm positilve wfy.

The (itayer can deploy f^b stM(«h)
units DA a setectjon ot vfmm
specMled by dte computer Although a
faifty wide arw t* o*(*ted )| invanatrty

makes sense ID stattofi tlie nran As near
(0 Qie entmnce ot ttie tai^etUilMng as
poslile,

m tlie first scer»r^ThtASS»9to,
thpc t$ die pnme ihoai* in a inad
Bdentisi, Stemer Atgnd, wt» h^
bean treattng tvis (KssMd tsaam to
mtnd'^namouteiMg dniQS in an ettMt
to make ihem work better. The Later
Squa£F supposedly e gnpuo ol en'
smployees, nave taker it upon
iiemeftivw to stop ttite by
irusasslneting the mad sden*^* ^ha
player'8 task is to ose his utr
thH. lint tliidk»9 Sienw and dis^M^i&rN^
ot 3nv !n*o6c bod^iBuafda encountoTei!;

, s> i rtenj'drlvBfl . wtut a «r«
s avallalite in iftftererVt
Fr{>m jvt uncwnmiited (nep {»citlon^
pityef am cai up a strate^ '
ttie m^, wtiieh shows ttie
lan^c^ie m diagrammatic torm
tlie position of tieid^ and
enemy units TtiislactfllY becomes t"
usslidl in the later, larger scenanv.
When n IS qutle Atflciit to kRp trac^t
ol the brwwifHnij cofrtdiK.

Units can be setected n turr
tnggering anottwr menu. JThts it
wtwe foniHrftrsitin^, theptayerfos

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trw opportuntiy ta e^isfnine the
tfldwlduiJ ch&TBCtertoUcs of tte rrwni i
Some. 1^(6 vttipciri sktU, are^nstam
Q!^f^rs Itke moriia' wi staitiina,
6(^mat win tirnt «Kt (iraiinilance,
Eve^ actHw a una p^tonns,
whether moNring. ofNnlfKi a door or
ftrmg a imapwt. uses, up action points
How imtj ttefmii oi H« type 0I
action, and ^sd how much wi<^ Itte
trooper 9 burtlefied with In tact tvm
tuniing to face in another clKnectK>n
ccists an AP, aiK) A IS imtttin^y easy to
waste fwints by^ sptnnloa anxiFKi In t)w
wmng dbtdionv UnlniijnAtttr 9^ttt'i
no (ad^ IQ Uki tack such mows
When the unit 1$ ladng lh« ri^hl
dtrKtNKi, H cin be moved kmari in a
feasonaiHv simpie mimw Olosni
doora have t» be openotf -
oec33iar«nv, th«y b3v« ip te unlocked
tn the case of ih« !t»fd scenario,
Rescue From Thft Mries, they have to
N btisM away wftn a rocidrt

IMhing exdting t»>p|]«m unfli a umi
rurts into ths line-of •sigtit Qf an enpmy ,
and by ttJt ttm« tt^ fiappcns n i£ often
too law m action points to fir? Hiis
system tends to ptA ttie attacker at an
inlvnent dtsadvanUffe - vvtitch ^ my
an:us« tor jjetting massacrect wrth
weartaomeeomMsncy ^ ^ easuegt

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levet

CoRitwt « diboiate but slick Most
ftfliming Is f?- ■•■■■ range, Oflpertdiflo

on the H«apon, a vnff can cAoosa
tetMien Hwee typ« of |j(e - auin,
snap-^Hot omf afn! - itid can Qven use
ttie wfiaF>£>3T as a m^ie /^toliFe fs
rnaccura! ■^efefore ftenefa/iv

melfacttv* rK.'i ^ doesn't rast m-any
acOon poMits Atm firs ttss a far ^reaSr
cttamce of hmng 11$ target but n takes
preqious time Sucti flrepower can be
atmed at anythinQ. including «rali&.
doors and Hems d furmtunt TTie
iisuits can be spectacular. In the
second scerwio. onv tdmdor was
blQCked by i gas canistEi. I frred al it
and duty des&tiy«d a UnhxtunatBty,
V» nrlDQ unit was stwcUoft ^oa dcse,
and the expioaor} ^)ew up ewrything
wtlhin B medium ndlus.

TTHs )& m made vtsiiaUy excit^ by
ftastting lirebeam«. fiokmrful
€'K(!iosicin$ wa cnitigled piecas cf
sceiiery wnen ine bem qoas wide 1^
Its mtwNMd targtl R is satisfytrtQ 10
w^ch. btit in my C4tis ^ ouicortte

was adi &X9 cnen ^ote^ tiy a cojMl
slliqiitff a robot ^x\inQ 1ii!«n tildflt I

The secoTid scenario.
A^auit, pr^MflCi the p^ «rtB1

more
•nda
ttestnj
tJiff?

fncMniQed by ttw way tbat peofMe cantlnue to write to Forym, ifetpililli:
occidatwl i>on-gpp«arance of FrontKne r«centiy, PHIUPPA IRVING »|t
' Kaap H iipi'.She's nitinlftfi tow on liititti and ttrite^ei, u some mora of im
wWam and experience would b« useful - pints a few hints and Ups. #,

Dear PtiiNppa

May i add my wotofr to that o< Sltnon
[Jeans {Issue &!i} and say ttwl I look
forward 10 readins Frontline (H E$ ihe
man feasoo I buy CRASKi Pfease
maint^ fronUkne's presence
Roundups of previoiK Qamea couU be
ffte one way to do it. and be very useful
as well

I must diBciafB my prefersnoB for
QWDK Mihera Pie pyiyer has complito
control at the fdfCi. raaw Ifnn nlylng
on luck' and 'dtscretionary atlaclis' .
Sucti games as fsikianCs 133%, issue
27) and Anaib ofBom {es%, traue

chdtanga Is not 10 inudi to win, tjut to
win wtthoui lo^ng a toad urtH (Mtttges
penotttinfl). It is an easy game, even at

Level Five. tNften adopting tile besi
tactics - use ati lt)e air and saa fMnj
going, before itw hand-to-hsid
lighting. Sui at le^tfiere'^the
e^enl of being able to wittidraw 1
unit betora destructian

missed your review - wfiich issttf?
{85%. issw 3a-£4i The sbugghl
fiilaiiiiiliRraTwuiHinrtlBwpll
fdomcm Just hRJi the
MKWlNiiifn?). Oiwe past thai poMj
the wtKit scoiie ol the g»n«, wd
potenBai tor enemy adton, is wM
maitts it so good Once set i4)<
forasoiKJ 12noijrs. andsUdldat
readh Itw year OAO. Mtti anodw I
plus ^11 Co do , wtm more can you
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I »f jsdul But why naant then vty
iiPi^ar UipcN^. MMtf Wgr / and
atf?Soalisf offlMMiiMiatM. with
I {WSI<| osue ntinibir of rewiBw. iTialtB
|mM, and a tew pros and cons
ib«H«kcofn«.
Iwiij >t be pos^Ne tc e^tpand Id
s-iaons^TtwytoQ (^ wttt) r$$lity

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^mmimieiciu^'eomfmed'fij\t\als

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1 ' i< Dtecip'ta'ocrof'io^w, itimst
uiiy Or «m / MtftMg atnur 0^?
AtopKHw AtKe ft? fie ^jm^lttf (0
Mm KlUBiiy played as some
iool nHfinwd. omermss. t l^nd
!? W it's ctKatmg ic com/neflf opoo

^fr?elt}mg on ttie stfti^gtn ol someone
eises wnte up TJtats why ttt^e
aftk^sftavebeen fKitK^ti)iysdecthfs
Oof t tacmt list of am mr mxf
sbMtagjp gafms eifer miewtd l>y

Daif PliHp(M

I tmm tutl recently ^ ini«f«$t${3 in
wvMntetgy gam€$ after buyktg SAvif
Safvkxmt by th« ttEW you have read
mis letter I hop« to i^n piirctmed

bBlevt Viiirs I iMI»gv oMie). I was
trtunkmig about hpw empty FtontiJne
hn bem latery wtien I came to trie
Qpnciuiion ihai ii may be ina fault of
som« ot Vie CHASK team WHai I itenl
understand is wtiy you get to review
gannss Hke f jraf Rasf 7)w Ptxt and
fisartig Menace while you don't get ID
review faaOaghlanagefZoi GtidifOn.
I aiso havfl the same opMom over
complex stmulatDTs such as F-1S

Si*" '-tpinC Ocean

Ci>r^„..... i. — u aut a few. *hy
0i<Sft'l you review these when you
covered jteif Simlcs?
MMt UWlMi ttofcMM-TrWtt Sn

fhera «9 nw nsasfns wtj^fyvrrnhke
FooOmI Htafaoer 2 den 'r ^ tfwtr H^y
tfrtO ftftWfilfte, f Arty soffwsnB Aobses
(ton'f partKyfariy lika iriafor miHiiifnn
&eing tdmbtied mtfi rmnoiify Itittmi
TUB saamd is tfttt, £iwv i fMtave
cof^rS)iitor, Vmaisw)lt)e spot n if*e
CRA^ mesa ^tmim§i^ lot m^
pnxDUiig ixofniry ftmttf TlUft't
^so Iha ppoblam Stat sonvttrim.
Sma^}i^nelmoughima»9eim
fmieouttormtormltw^mdgBtthg
rwiew back In torn for tfm immi
issue S}mraluteioH/taga/m.Sotttt
lonovsi tmn m(m M la mmat 9mi
you ham at hast johm son of idea
¥i/fat tt*o game's aK alxxtt K j/ea mr^
fi) partfiase rt.

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stiempt (0 inKiTK aMMnwioeethef
wfth a mors itebied Jnckanxjod. but
maylw you could wrtte your own

Alter a few lunns of pnctJCe, play is
swtft and snnoetJn Th« menu system
works verf wcB Ttiens ii a one- or
tvTQplayer option, though rtachofce of
$Nles m Oie one-player v«^, and
ifK thrsB scwflfkn tM^ seviral iewste
ofpiayaMaeuffictenlvaiietyefeetilno
and lacttcB to lie 9»nujneiy wofllMMe .
Tttt Ongir^l ctmcepl Of RMMMrww
eteQant and addictive . and /.raer £9ua(f
Mm tt much further without kx^fflfl
any trt its playabiiity Definitety
feoommendei

Rrtsatitstion 90%

A wilt thouglK-out vdtti systm make&
piey fast wiihoui satTtflUin] compie«ty
Graphics 87%

Altiictivef wtllt ienagiMtiw life o(
stwciBi ffiiKtt' in 0ie Goniiiei aaquancas
Ruin AM

ConWiing air ttie itatisucal miQnnBtlQn
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Ahh. its that time of year again and I really feel
ncHtdlfufr for home . . . Tinsel' II be hanging Irom
ihf pyramids now, and little mulil<oloured fairy
litjhts draped over the caTnels" humps. Everyone'%
pmthiUly arftuing over whether we'll have a
und^torm on Chrl&tmas Day - I hope so, even If I
vrt>n'x be there (nufi ), I love a yellow Christmas!
But what a utrange place CRASH Towers is durinft
ihir rhri'vtmjs i.rA\(>n. Hert* (lit- ttmt h covered In a
tiUnki'inf that odd whiti' stuff whkh accompanies
[he festive period . ■ . dandruff, t think it's called.

Oh well, on these chilly nights what better way
to warm yourself than by sitting, beside the firep-
lace, A snake coiled tn your lap while you ponder
over an adventure or two.

No doubt the big software companies have plans
for what you'll want under I he Christmas tree, but
umll they've gat some finished games for us to
revlf w, how about some homegrown games? Ttlis
month's offerings are all baved on sinister themes,
so brace yourself for some spine-tingling chills and
ffad on brave adventurer, read on . . ,

THE BEAST

MariinGatne5,£4.50(128K
jdy)

^Hj^^^bt title conjure;^ up visions
' I of evil and the much-uKd

J^ dOKIlk 666 Lticmc, ^4
itihcugh Thi Btait a not con-
^owdi with ibi wcult, tltc myn.-
jtAMU goings^iD jt details In i
ixiHHc vilUge luive a diatinctly
^uTiiuefElavour.

I TJui homegrown , PA Wed ad v-

I (Btur» spilth a VMH based iQu^y

I A liic ttctai perplexing can of

TV PtoiS Of f^zmoor. Vog ftre a

td/nl rcponer working on the

col ng, Thf ijwfiea Gtatut aod

Bt haubd Lu i great extent by

iw grouchy cditar (xniods

xTiiiiiri, Mr C D Slime (gcd-

iiO'i He h ilso fed up with ilw

mKsf-ibc-ituJl reports on whm

ibeJiXiil Women's Institute is up

I is.and w»nis a really big story to

I ipkih til over ihe fKuni page

1 niods 1 bit like tiK iMdiotv Liar

to me -- Ed). Well, this icam an
iinptw^iblf task; after all, nothing
ever happens in thiK quiet part uf
■he world , or doc« il^

An envelope ts lyii^ on your
dnk, contsuung a letter from one
Rmc Mvnlc, whn iclls of ^tran^c
happenings on the iin>t>r> near the
vilkfc of f*uddlct:ofnbe. A sTrtnye
black animal has. been sighted atid
one uf the local famncr's sheep has
been mauled in death.

At last y<m havic i decent tiory

10 invmigaie and una sei off ooa
ihe bus to Ptiddlecofnbe [your
stJngy edjior won't givit you a
conpany car). Arriving in the
middk of the village, a suitably
rtndc atmcHphere is UHin created
by the verbote, btii (not Vi«ffUng,
dewripiions of Ihe local shops -
there's even an estate agent Cre^
maj-kible for such a liny village).

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You are uxBiKdtatelv greeted by
the Rangcf, who spontaneously
tells you ihat all ihese Beast
rumours are pure mimcnw-

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apparent that tosuccesafuil^tiack
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u'Tcen, iJio displaying ■ clkxk -'
every ictifina Uses Up m ttiinuit
Thii ixicressn the difliciiitv <i
what U almdy a. laugji advcntwr.
but the incJusion o( t luMuvt
option aids progress.

Tkt Beati teprtsents i latrat
achievement in homegrown idr
cniujcs, bringiEig logtihcr ik:
biiphisttdUon of ibe PAW pirKt|
ind us Ltitriicaidy woven ^m lu'
produce an Interactive adveniun
uf a vcrv bjgh qiialiiy indeed. Ji n
ivmilabic direct from the autbtir.
t.indu Wright, ai Marlin Gwao.,
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ClDiourtul characlcrs who ULhjibil
the village lin the form of ask
someottf ABOin' samethuig), a pic-
ture of the reccntt cuiiout events
iibuili up.

And apart from Hifteaiilg to the
loc&l peupUr'^ gi^&^ipT niore can-
vaitiaiBil advent uhng tcthtiiques
■re uicd to find clues in lypical
AgKittu Oirisiie style, bringing (in
■irof Ausp^-nse lo the proceedings.
Vimiitlly aU object) nuy be
ocwiuned to the iibUicy to
abbreviate the trlsAMtNii: command
to X saves much typing. Conve-
mentlv, the many ttbjetits col-
lected can be put in your pocket or
in ofx of two containen which can
be found; this reduces the number
of flbjccis carrieJ allowing you to
tffetjtively bold more ihings
umiiliancDusly.

M wd] ta ihc chop* and
busine:»es in the high street,
which mtiude the obligatory pub
(the barman ii only to« happy to
help you with your inquiries and
seJJ you a pint of beer!)) the 'tiny'
viUagt aJsQ contains Jts own
churchf Koui hail, chujch hall
a£id ail the homes of the Tliany
chanctei^ - these can only be
entered on invitatioD (you're not
ofie of those devious ubioid k*ur-

naiists, ur an ^vcn more
unsfrupuloui CRASH writer!).
AjCQCh 10 bu£ine«$ea U ajso
rettricted to (heir respective open-
log bauf«, while the vtierutaj^-
surgeon won't see you unless
you've brought along a pel!

There is juit » much to do and
find out in ihis enchanting village,
before you're ready to tackle the
uiter contrast of the dump, drpr?-
ssing moor where the Bcati is
nunotued to kx luiiung. The
loquaciouis (LMLWD) characters
don't just stay in the same location
cither - they wander annind the
place, adding even mote reali&m
to th« lOiaUy engrosaing plot.

ff all this sounds a bit too
cxwrps\ the dark mood of the
ex^kot accnario is niarginally
bgbteitied by the odd bit of acidji:
hunHHtr, but not so much as to
ruiQ the excdJeni, raenaciog aura.
Surprisin^y^ hardly any use is
made of the PAW'i rxcrllcni
graphics facilities, although a few
iU^liswn pictures might have
ruined the anxu^pbere, as well u
wa&ting vduabk oiemory.
Nfvertlwlejf, tb^ prcwnf^linn i^
very neat with a legible, redefined
character set and a RAinbitd-style
location title at the top of the

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THE DEVIL'S HAND

Compass Software, £2.50

This is tlx seqtjd to both
Demim From The Dofkiidt
'M%. Issue 35; and Thf
OoiJ^ \tiiik 1 74%, Issue 41 ), and
iS the third and final part of The

wall, aitiund which a lafge ini
turks. The lumbeiiog oaf is aluf
your blcKid, after baviag hixI
your scent (Qiaoet N»}
perhaps?). Thia immediate pttb-

"toMPie^^'

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I f-p»rsc»t>

Demon Trilogy, Like its pre-
decessors it was written uting the
now ancient Qutti with The Jilut-
tratar and Prut data comprej^sor
fall prixlucHl by Gilioftj^ Thu» its
prTScntatkm is very dmikr ro
those two previous adventurer,
with plenty of coiourfol, well-
drawn pictures (o idd to the
atmosphere.

The ominous plot sounds famil-
iar - an evil demon called Drakoq
hni escaped from the hero, Mor-
rvck, 4iid disappeared uito the
mytticaJ lands of Gorgon. There,
he has unassed hordes of ores,
ready to Lr,' siege to the tower of
the powerful Wizard Zorron. If he
succeeds he wdJ wield enough
magical power to control the uni-
ven>e. Your task , as Morrack , is to
iratk duwn this vile villain and
destroy him.

Youyr quest bcfinB nar a aea

tein is fairly difficult to ovcr^^-,-
and can only nally be solved bi
trial and error, aa there is no lop^
col aoJution. Plui the fact that ya
ofliy have a handful of tunvi ti-
p^ay with, before the lerribktfBi
tips your throat out (tugfalX

Once this irritation a cos-
quered, the first of several chara:-
Icrs is eticounieied - Gruff Tk
Dwarf, a helpful Uttlc soul, ami;
loo mdy io bravely ni ymt
your hazardous venture hoik
hazafdous it ccnamly is, wuif
plenty t»f enemJes and other poifa
ready to drain your life away it :b
slightest mistake. Thankfully. il
STiȣ (in RAM I faciltty alkm
you to expcrimeni without poea
nially having lo worry about pf
ting killed.

Swimming lo ■ diatant iiJad
you tncef the fir$i of mafiy «□
(they're cvcrTwbere nowadayi

112 CRASH CtiristmasSpecian 988

ADVENTURE TRAI

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t is oiw is rather more

it aaaat be derated by FIGHT or
t3i(W.. InMcad ■ itiore otncure
BHhcd mu&i b« used - $ due to
fii h gixien by the ](H3tH>fi

Numerous objects oui be col-
Isitd, each being Accomputicd
nt imiill pictiirc - ii nice tnucb,
S«fei«f, only seven ncniJi nuf
Jtcsticd sunultAJicdusly, caus-
si nitii:h djkminii as to what to
bcbiod - «atUe pf the obiiccts
psl Bsetess red hnriiigs. The
ImIv sotnt jniirleK are alst} very
!, luch AS that of the cbar-

Vodbtilafy u umJer^iitjindrihly
moctly If) SI m Jar J C^ujif

nnands, iltbough typing

CM jtvods some txtm ones,
.s Imdiiig htiLL(}'v and !rr aY which
.-t lueid HP cocitmt ibe actions of
vuf odUeafua. Ajio4 ho* interc^l -
i| oaamund ii cohpasi; (the
atot of tbf e»me fHnduccrn of
lamci which repLiLXS the normsl
nipe» kttcn wiih Anvw^.

T^ ippciruice it smjuteDcd by
I itftidl md legible, redcllned
diincter set . All lociLJon de&u tip-
iw m Kcompanicd by a uruJI
jMonc of the Devil's hind iiMrlf -
jitnuaiii hiniJ making i iitudcwy
eagt d the devU (ihj» rcpUcn
:£(iittik symbol used in the i»mc
wti io 7'jV (joiden Mmk)-

Tith jf'A/ t.'Ki/J h*einfi such an
:«i)jTLLJi V and having been S'lirpas'
^ic PAW iviso fnsBi Gil-
• ii.L>, IS ncrwirafclytisedl,evctifur
kfficitrcwn Adventurer, SoKctng
( im«MJully used here is a
tnmder tJui only the inujiai-
»n ud tkiU of t^ ttiilwr cin
saxe m absorbion sdwnture.
Imhcr ■toiiit[;iui I jcmmon vnyji he
ttrd with Tfu QmU to maintain
IJK itvk of the two previous
psaei. Adventufe-writiiiig

aiem are only tools with which
^Biiwk ind Jo nm ensure good
thcDturet, ni> mauer how many
kntRE they offer. Nevertheless,
it newer utilities allow a greater
<d ffeedom to eipress new
tuch u ihiraLiet
9Rticik», BOd Jotuthjtn l,<ni-
,aiDftys that this ii hii last Qtal-
ilaf tdverturc - hc't movios onto
lit PAW.

I Tel more evidence of the faui-
l^t tniitidcit of Mr t^mman is
i#im by hit use of ptciurcs,
fitiA CSD often sej^iie otitly lo
from the atmosi^en
by the text. This is cer-
Bolyniri the case with TtuDmi''t
Nn^and the we|j-dnn*n,oolo«r-
U (ih.iLLfC3i cniuncc the enjoys
«/ihii competenf hi tic itdv-

due.

If you fed like hauling Jiiimst
mil, Tin DivH'f Herd can be

obtuned by semling £2.50 (o
Compoas Software, 111 Mill
Road, COBBOLM, Grtil Ytt-
oHHilh KRSl OBi.

Overall

72%

THE

RUNESTONE
OF ZAOBAB

Efic Stcwml , £ 1 ,99 plu » 2Sp
p+p

Written using Inttntivt's
GAC, Th£ Rimei Of
^^obifli revolve* Mouttd
d precious fewel belonging to
Tnon , I loyid guard of the old
King Saire. The gem in quettiijii
wu stolen hy the Bbdt Priest of
Zcobab imd was never recovered
(isn't that always the case when
you gel a gem that's of *ay worth?'

- Ed J. However, Tn<Mi's dytnf;
wish ttM tint you (hiiision' sbLV.Lk!
find the itone. But this fiU.k
Priest chippie iui't ai d«f( » he
sounds (hedocin't sound very daft

- Ed>i hc*s placed plenty of evil
beings in the land to ttiBe your
bnve (|uf«i, These include tlic
strtngely-tiiled Screedlc ftiJk.

As soon as the gajnc loads, you
realiiic that sutnc effort has hitea
nude to provide ori^ahty.
Before you begin your qtiEs^t, a
d^ioice of four weapons is given;
the statf ( whkh is pteity useless in
combat but is

binatkin of strength unit« and the
comhit value of your weapon
(givo) in the in&iriiCTinn booWcU
delermincshow ituccesjifui you are
in baitle. To save time the combat
resull iKcurs immediately, with-
ciut any mel6c n^unds - you either
kill or die! The nuly due to the
ouicctme h guined by checking
your filrengih level by typing
SifaitK. This .ilsii <i,h()ws your spell

IO the icanrity of opponents . This
Und seems fairly dtilL with
cliche iocitions such .i brk
cavei and snowy moun iiaitu wh jch
contain few objiects- The kjcamimk
comnund can he abbrrvuicd lo
X, but 1! usually brings up the
initatiAg nrply^ 'Knun . . . it'«
nothing especial*- This reply vhik*
lones even appears when you're
nol even examiiiing anything!

yyH^Ei^'-:'^^ ' '^Ipr^

Vpu ma|(* vour was onto m lon«
i...^- -* st« track uKich iiie4n^«r£
th« laountains iti an.

th« ■€> vn tains
«ir«ct ion . vou

• o scfuth ,

;Kiwcr, which determines htiw
powerfiJ a spell you an cast, but
it must be a I least cipht before you
n'dn cast anything ai all.

One of your obiectiven is to gain
as onich spell poWTf »s ppswbJe
and reach the^tatus of wizard. But
even when you have sufficient
power to cast a »pelli you must first
Gnd out what the spell i$ ctXled!'
This isnotai!difficultaiit»ounds;
the nmnber of kl tcrs in e»th spell ,
phis A cryptic clue, is given in the
nsinictions-

Kti an
oan also

speU*), the ttxaxd (this is on all-
rtHmd weapon which can be used
for both combii and itugic}, a
dagger (it scenu lo be <^ little use)
and )Ui axe (oo good f^vr magic but
the bcsi wnpon for cotnbai}.

The nameless main character
starts fife with 2ero spell power
and a nndom amount of strength
(up to one hundred t«ut»), A com-

THc GAC pwscf allows sophis-
ticated soileDcs lo be ixixissed.

These tire necoisary for fighUng
and spell-casting, wtudi are
jichieved by keying in attach
someone vrtti something, and
CAn'SPEt.i- OF something on Bome-
one.

Unfortunatdy the interesting
combat concept is rarely used due

V'ith h(tk chance to examine
anything, prapesa simply
becomes * mattcf of trial and
ttttrt, And even more frustraiKui
is created by the lack of a tuuHSAVt.
opiiol). Too often the only way (o
get any further is hy fighting some
ndictiiousjy strong mooitcr,
agiinsi which you have litik
chance- And unlcia you can be
bothered to keep saving the air-
lem position to upe, you're more
than likely lo meet a na^siymd and
have to Stan from scratch ogam.

Yet aiMfher Lrriuiiott it caused
by the prograni's obscure vocabu-
lary, s«nc of ii even ttusipeli
{'ban* instead of lasaQ)^ ao iCw
nut tf wdl sohh; of the wonb uted
are printed at the eivd of the
instructions. Even then, there's
liiiie lateral ttunkinK rciLjuirrd -
\\\ more a questtcm of luck as to
whether you nmnage lo ddeat the
mu'n^ters, while objiKls are easy
conufih la find,

Despite [he attempts at innova*
lion and the odd colourful picture,
Tlu Riaiiioiu Of Zmtbiib fails
compklely to create any sore of
ttmoq^re and thu^. cannc^i hold
the nrcraKC adventurer''^ attention
for very juttg. Evcti with ibc free
adventure on side B. there are
many better homcf^fuwn adven-
tures around than this, Initially
inirigtung hut eveniually t disap-
pointment,

Tht Riaiesume Of Zatfbah a
available fTom Eric Stewart, IS
Vausker, SACK. Isle Of Lewie
PA86

Overall

58%

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 113

QUIVERING
QUAVERS

While Mother is re&iing, JON BATES is able to slip
away, with the hope of compiling his seasonal shop*
ping list Passing through the reception area of the
Motel he is waylaid by a number of guests with prob-
toms. What other choice has he but to answer ti>eJr
questions?

Hmm . . . Ja»Mi
pQft«r seems to
■ isft quit© a bit. tn
faci he's been
booked in twice this
(Tionth, (See, not an the guesl?^
end up in the swamp.) First of all
he's senl in a prograrn in
reeponae 1o a pba for a p^ch
bend routine for thfl 1 28 some
si)t months back, Hacking at hfs
work a bit, I can deliver the fol-
lowing short program . .

10 OLTT 65533.7: OUT

49149.(63-21
ad OUT 65533^2 1 OUT

49149,0
30 OUTft5533.0tOUT

49149,15
46 LETAS INKEYS
M IF AS ■■ "THEN OUT

65533,2: OUT 491 49,0
60 if AS "a 'THEN FOR

Q 21 3 TO 190 STEP -1;

OUT 65533,2: OUT

49149,G:NEXTG
The pktcfi will bend up when you
press a' and stop when you
[xess the space tiar. TTie first
three Hnes set up the sound
addraeses a/>d the last line sets
up ttie ptlch twnd. 11 you raverse
the 2 1 3 wx) 1 90 and 8TiB> + T in

this line it will invert the bend. To
speed up tt>e bend then siep in
greaier numbers. However you
wi!l find out thai the 128 annoy-
ingly has the lowest number
bendJng towarcts the top of Ihe
scale and the highest at the bot-
tom. To wind the dog up try
going to a value ot 1 D instead of
1 90. With a littie bit of thought ft
is possible to put this pitch bend
as a subroutine for any note you
play -you have to get rt to add or
subtract from ihe note ii/alue:
ptayed. Arxj if you wanted to lum
your 12B into an instrument ft is
quite easy,

3S IF A* = "q" THEN OUT
05533,2: OUT 46149,213

Pres& 'q and it will play a note.
It IS the21 3 that sets the pitch

'Not ali guests end up
in the swamp'

You might Ilka to try other key
assignments with other num-
bers; say 190. 169, 160. 142.
127, to set it up as a musk^aJ
dinky toy- Bwe everytiody rigid
with silly tunes until Ihey

immerse yoM m brandy sauce
and wave a matoh around your
ears-

Jason also wants to know if
thene's s commert^aJ audio tape
available for santplers (he has a
Casio SKI J. Yes, there aje, but
they are quite often very, very
expensive. Usually only svaiia-
bte on CO as weN . The tapes afvj
disks you see odi^entsed ^e
nearty always fomiatled lor a

* . . . until they
immerse you in
brandy sauce'

particufffi' sampler. Jaeon has
obviously realised this, lor fresh
out of the mailbox la hiS own for-
matted tape of 35 samples for
tfie Cheetah Sampler which vary
from drums, synths. chords,
thufKler, whistles and a tew
rtiythm patterns to txwi. He has
Qf ovalled and worn out several
krtee pads m his attempts to get
tt>e htottf to took at this . Anyway
he IS wifltng to let you have tt>e
samples for one pound, which
will probabty save a lot of mes-
sing aboul and for that pnce you
can't really complain. You can
a I ways Chop thiem about to your
liking arryway.

BLAST THOSB

AMiGAS

Stefan Drimn wrttee from Hol-
land to BS^ that Nb is suff enng

wiith lack of volume for his Spec ■
trum sounds By his deschpticr
he has a 48K version only. No*
he has tned purling It trHxighihe
tape deck, but found thai ai hts
computer users' group the
sounds were lost againat wats
of AmigaiS, OiifloWiy 1*** wv?
a few companies that marketett
sound boosters To be quite
honest they were usually over-
pnced, as the parts you need art
not I hat ©K pensive. The
cheapest way is to buy a con ver
ter plug (fiat turns the mim-jacii
ear socket into e<tt>er a phono or
guitar iacK socket . Thus epusp-
ped you can eitfier boost the
sound through a hr-fi or a Smal
guitar amplifier, il you are reaAy
serious you can txjy smail gurtv
ampliliiers quite cheaply, espe-
cially second-hand ones How
ever, the sourtd is not all that
clean and after a oertain voliine
tfwre Is a kit of background
rxxse to put up with. But it you
are determinect to blow those
Amigas out of ttva water itwi I
reckon that 's the best way togo
about Jt-

128 SAMPLING?

&imon Duffy wrtle^mapwu^
languaye Irom Insch in Aber-
decNiiShire. I think it'san attampf
to be cool and tiappening. hut
roughly translated it means he
has a Music Machine and a M
and t>e is desperate for a 1 28
program that will give the eiAi
memory for the Music Machn

1 1 4 CRASH Christmas Special 1 ©SS

bc^fi km $amptes and s^iampling.
1)» brutal truth is ihat io my
hrowlodg^ no- one is d-o^ng a
pfOjjp-am purely for the 1 28. All
W programs i tiave seen run m
he 4flK modo. r( you have (AStied
cuton tho 126 hoping thai it will
jveyCKj greater merriofy then l
wiftat yoii II be diisappdnted
tned prodding a tew phone
"fitters and gol (he same ans-
Ih^aH run in 48K mode. I
wxidbe very ^telul tf there is
tpnjgram out ttiere that rur>s m
iWfnode onJy for Ihe Myswe
Hac^ma, as li would add to the
tusttility of the samples re&t-
amt in the program , h owever, it
iwU nefl. mean thai you will
Nave higihef quality samples as
iiuugh you c:3n (theorstx^tiy)

grstiersainfils liengttis,
ffisttrnpUng raters the thing that
moTTirea the quality. And you
i1 convince the 6' tjil machine
sample any taster than it is
ibneady doing. The only soliction
iio niprova on the hardware -
JiMand analog to digital con-
The original Fairlight

sampfad in 8-tMi, so it ?s pos^-
ble, but at a co^- In fact the^air'
light used a very complex soft-
ware -cor^rc^ed routine to com-
press and expand the samples,
rather tikea noisored jciion sys-
tem, so that the whole dynamic
range of the sample utff^sed the
rfiaKimum memory space, But

'Atl the programs I've
seen run m48K mode'

tiack m the Motel we are not able
to come up with anything that
will supercharge fh© Music
MBChinti ^lectf k:aliy for the 1 28.

TURBO TECH

Pa ii\ SiB ney has written in with a
tape program of a tune for me to
listen to and also a few enhance-
ments to the CRASH Tech Tape.

Not really my dept . but since the
Motei has the info I hen here it »s
For the Turbo Loader- to dis-
atile the BREAK key when toad-

res! Ws here! D&layed by postal strikes, publishing
leadline? and acts Of Production Managers, IMBOS
has finally made it. Amazed at Ills luck IAN CULL pro-
vides the review, looks at ExBasIc and gets a letter
Irom a Simon N Goodwin! It's all go in the t&cH world.
(PS: Ian refuses to comment on the accuracy of his.
(fistinguistied look' pk^ture, )ust saying 'Cannot
something be done to remove this situation?'. Weil,
lifiikly, Ian - NO! Nick Roberts says, youMI have to put
vpvrith rt, just like everyone else!)

BASICALLY
SUPERCHARGED

IMBOS or ExBasic? Noiv that is
the question!

HAVIHO FINALLY
got my hands on the
new microdrive pro-
gram, I must report
thai the IMBOS
lag^ has developed a new twtsl,

Ttw ortginai iMBOS VI .1 , is still
available from the author (Com-
panion Software], but a new
versjon iMBOSvi. ts now avail-
able from Kobrahsoft (the com-
pany that ttrought +3 users the

ing POKE start addras
+ 302,255. To change the
header speed, POKE start
address +29,(135 - 355) where
1 35 is the fastest. He is also pre-
pared 1o reveal to the world thai
if you save the code from the
Turtu Tape program with the
speed factor on 3 , POK E I ng start
addr^s = 1 6 and -h 39 lets you
save and load programs at
hyperapeed without needing
special equipment. I refrain from
comment as this is really not
Mote4 material, However you

can be assured that all tapes
received wiii be judged and the
results made known in the next
is&ue 'f^hfife the Motet will round
up the mustcaj offerings of ttie
year and predict a few things.
Send all correspondence to the
usual addre&s and Mother and
myself Will sort out the musical
problems in amongst reviewtrfg
etc. Tinte to get rrvy Chnstmas
shoppiing list togettwr. Now
wtiere was l? Shower cur-
tain . . . mop , . , carborundum
stone . . . new wig . . .

DJCE program - Issue 57).

But what is 1M60S I hear you
cry. Well actually the tine stands
for Improved Microdrive Basic
Operating System, and the pro-
gram IS obviously only of use to
Spectrum owners thai f>avethe
Interface One 8. rmcrodnve Sys-
tem. For these peopte. upwards
of 60 new facitrties are added to
the Spectnjm, in 1 1 K of code (SK
rf you purchase the old version.
1.1).

TTV9 f^rst apparent facility of
W60S is the vastly improved
microdrive command ayrrtax, No
more ioao *'fn":}r9mmm"
entnes. Ju st type rajN "«in«m*" to
load a program {also works for
CODE and SCREEf^f filesj, or
0(/T I Nannnw lo save, VERIFY
and ERASE are simiiarty
Simplified. ThHB microdrive
numtjer that these commands
use is set by hem) #pi.

A new command, ustcat*.
gives a different microdrive
catalogue, showing protected
filenames as well as those
shown by tfw norrrwl CAT. There
Is also a header reader, acces-
sed by typifig rew in

'The vastly improved

microdrive command

syntax'

The fiFe's type, artd stze^start
address are given, along wtththe
first sector number of the car-
tridge,

IMBOS al so adds rww screen
arxl sound commands, as well
as additkxtaJ graphics routines.
The PftlfHTT command is
expanded to allow conversion

various biHt^ g^F inHFonft't.i.fMn ■'*
abcMJ-i t|cjur BASIC prospv^

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betw&en hexadecimal and deci-
mai {for exampte. ptvihxhuibs
prints FACE on screen). Screen
paper and mk c>c>lcHJr$ t;:an also
b9 sifnpJy altered, u»ing pftiNT
ATm*.

Other new furictione aUow
specified byte values In the dia-
ptay or attribi/te file to be
changed (this couid be used to
inslantty change the colour of a
(isplByed picture).

Prtrtting of lent is improved
with a centring function, and a
'wirvdow scroll ■ routine. There is
also a double-tieight print com-
mand. ford isplaying tall charac-
ters {not available on Vi . 1).

On the graphic front, mirroring
of the screen is buitt in (although
it mirrors eacti character wide
cohsrm, ralher than the full
ansnm), ar>d a powerful fill
routine 9savaiia>bie- Mew charac-
ter fonts qsn be ^$ily defined,
since the full character set is held
ill RAM alqng with iMBOS ~ m
tad a clear font is supplied on
the tape, ready for toading into
fMBOS,

Version 2 also offers a power
plot', which attows drawing on
tfw full screen - including the
edit window, and a DRAW com-
mand which takes the start S

^Mirroring of the
screen is built-in'

end coordinate as. argument,
and also works over the tull
screen (but the ongin is at top-
left. which is confusing, and
gives upskte'down graph plots).
Also on offer are scroll com-
mands, for the display file or the
attrhbuies. m all four directions.

Sound i$ well catered for,
offertrig White Noise, Zep and
Siren sounds. Version 2 has
fiiore Zaps, and a pleasant tone,
for music se<5uenc©s.

Other /AfSOSfeaturea include
s RAM s<?ieen store routine
(though it is rK>t a compacting
one, so only three screenecould
be held in a 48K memory at
once), and a pseudo-l 6- bit poke
function. *DOKE. Headerless
save/load routines are present,
as well as various monitor com-
mands, including some to give
details of memo^ usage {prog-
ram Size, frw Space etc). Version
2 also offers a program editing
command (so all IPRiiSTT com-
mands could be automatically
changed to PR INT ones) , and an
additional Organ Maker prog-
ram, tor creating tune sequ-
ences to be added to your own
programs (which I found difficult
to use).

In conduskxi, IMBOS i» a

powerful addition to any Spec-
trum and Interlace One set-up,
enabling SASJC to do many
things that normally require
machine code However, since
fMBOS is copyrighted, you
could not write a program with it

'The origin isattop-

left . . . and gives

upside-down graph

plots'

and sell it, or even give a copy to
your friends (untess they also
own tMBOSi.

Despite this, and a couple of
minor bugs/annoyances (com-
mands are not recognised if
keyed in lower case, for exam-
ple), the program ts worth buying
for the sheer expansion of
microdriv© syntax. fMSOS Ver-
sion 2 IS available from Kob-
rahsoft Pisffsartt Wew, Hulmg
Lane, Huime Nsar Lorrgfo",
STOKB-Ofi- TRENT, Staffs
ST3 SHB tor E 1 2 .95. Owners of
lfiilBOSVt.1 Wishing to upgrade
can do so. for E5.95. Version 1 .1
is still available at E:S.95 from
Companion Software (address
^sewf^erej- Microdriweiess
Spectnjm owiws reed on . . .

FOR THOSE of you
muttering something
about not owning an
Interface One.
Jofiathon Edgv at
Companion Software has
come to the rescue with a pac it-
age called ExBaalc. This will run.

'A music maker prog-
ram is also included

It is claimed, on any Spectrum
(ttXHJgli only i n 4&K BASIC mode
on my + 3), II gives the similar,
but improved, facilities to your
Spectrum that tMBOS offers
Interface One owners.

EMS&SfC does not, obviously,
offer any improved micfodrlve
syntax, but everything etse avail-
able in iMBOS^A aiso into
ExBasic. often in a l>etter way
than in its parent paci^ge, In
addition, there are even more
new comnvands available.

fli\ E^rBasfC commands begin
with an asterisk followed by Ifte
comnaand name keyed m full -
an improvement over IMBOS
Commands can alsd be entered
in both cases

TViere are a number of 'inter-

rupt-related' commands in
ExBasic. including * CLOCK,

which dfsplays the cun-ent time
in the top-nghthand Corner Ol
thescreen. It issetusing *TIME,
but is only accurate when inter-
rupts are runrttng (therefore, lime
is lost when beeps or cassette
commands are used).

There is also a *TRON com-
mand (good filrn!. but also
stands for TRace ON) wtiich dis*
pJaysthe current BASIC prog-
ram line being executed while a
prc^ram is running (useful for
debugging). Aiso built-in are
various commands which a3tow
ttw keyboard to be redefined
(though I can't think of a reason
tor doing this) (function keys,
per^aps7 - see, I'm not just a
pretty face - e<fl.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

'There are even more
commands available'

ExBaaic has all the iM&OS
heVdecimsl commands, and
t he dfHJbie pcAi6 f aci I ity, Ttiere is
also a string poke command.

«vvOKE ■(», "tirmg '. Tlte memory
details commands are included
along with *REf^UMBEHand
♦ REMKILLfufKlions.

The pnnl functions of IMBOS
are supplemented with a 'cer-
tain" effect command, wh*0hf9'
draws a RAfyi -stored screen
tmage slowly, like drawing a
blind across tfve old screen
image.

Sound is basteaHy as for
IMBOS, with tho adOmon of a
' boot ' sound (?}. There s also a
music maker program v^ich ts
easier to use than the one bun-
dled with tMSOS^

EfiBasic has the f>eadedess
save/load routines, aJong wttti
an Ali^atraz screen loader
routine (courtesy of OOPS.
tfKMjgh there is no credit to th€m
in the package) - ftiis te Jhe fmy
fessional system thai draws Itte
screen character by i^iaractof.
fflrywtwe you tike. Very effec-
tive, but slow (18 bytes per
Character on the screen).

£>Bs9ic is avaiobld at £1 1 .99.
from ComparHort Softwara,
1B3 Brampton Rd, CABU^JE,
Cumbria CAS 9AX.

®

TECH TAPE
THE RESPONSE

AMR SIMON N Goodwin {!)
has written in to correct
me on Octotwr's article. (Nice
to know we have a quafily
readership.) The ZIP BREAK
function in the ZIP 2 compiler
(on the CRASH Tech Tape)
CAN b« used for machine
code other than that produced
by Its compiled BASIC.

To do this, first compile a
non-program (eg ioaem}. Save
the rMUttlngcode, then run it.

This will install the ZIP BREAK
routine, aHowIng any other
m,achififl code to be 3topp#<|
at any time^

The routine can only worliif
the Spectr\im Intemjpts an
not altered by the new prog-
ram, and if ttie ZIP code is rwri
overwritten (from 53247 to
SS200, approximBtaly), My
thanks to Simon for that Intor
mation -Tech Niche has not
yet heard the lest of him . . .

1 1 6 CRASH Christmas Special ^ 988

_^

^^^^^^'

JJ

MAGAZINES ON TAPE

FOLLOWING a.OtC on lh6
• ' It' Specfpum jRroSf-
, www, ( have received another
^^t-ii^sea magazine. Network
Tt5e (rnrte aimed at ushers of ttw
DtSCiPLE/Rua D inler-
(amj therefof© e rival to Ihe
FOftMATtnaqaiiml Al
nt I dan ' t actuaHilv have
(rf these intertaods. but this
ilh'l matter too much sir>ce a
I ^ol the magazine's oontenl is
'^nArvance to all serious Spec*
lumLoeFK.

lotje 1 of AWwort has a
sASlCtodisk routine, which
iirs in BCfeen memory so it
be able to transfer airnosi
BASIC program, Ttwfe is,
tMver. no desc:nptton of its
«.T>i«fe ts also a disk catalog -
program, Ana an m -depth
bff on Plus D hook co<fes,
bescnpiiona am more like
«n a booh afSpoodiM;, how-
an<] need mors back-
Kt inf ormatiori j n order to be

mt, I r n A

usafut to all Plus U users.

On the general progran^ming
front . 1 h^Tft fs a sttap^-fill routine,
a 'flexitexf program (which
writes text in any size and direc-
tion, but !S written m SLOW
BASiCj and an attractive circle
pattern program.

Finally. arwJ most impfes-
srv6ly< IS an animator program
mat smoottiiy translate ttta let-
lers BBC into a piclorti 0*a TV
showir>g '2' Someone obviousiy
put a lot dt work into IIhs
demonstration.

Issiie 2 of Network mtnxtuces
NETFAX. a Presiol-like way of
presenting the textual part of the
n-^agazine. For those confus-ed.
pr ess P to get the 1 nit lai I ndex up!

The tape-to-disk routines
continue in this issue, along with
a tape header reader (not
another ortel) and an excetlertt
RAW disk pj-ogram This allows
a single merrKxy image file on
the disii to hold up to 80 files

RH INTRODUCTION TO

NORHRL BOI_D RHD E

TEXT IS RVRILRBLE MI
FRSCINRTING V i=^ F? I I

i^ar

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ode to disc

3 inBetheen

i TOPE TO DISC

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HERDER RERDER
_ BASIC STOP
10 ftSTRONONV
\l cont .

H SOrfMlRE

. . jL * about

itistruof ions,
insf ruof ions,
insf i*ucf ions.

instr^ucf ions ,

i nst r uet } on-
i nsf rucf ion
a f^rofile,

help soMoone!*
how to subftit

RTS

J.¥- th# last

■jriija liiddoo jnlo XV-n Spectrufr..
However, tt>e program isso wett
wniien that it will run on any
Spectnjm (even my ^ 3, in 4eK
Basic mode). Tlw RAM disk is
created In the main 48K of mem-
ory, so it slightly Irmits BASIC
program size tfiat can be written
to use it.

Network is vary well pre-
sented and contains excellent
maienaL At lust El per issue <of
£10 for a year's subscription), (t
seem* good vatueeven if you do
not own one of MGT's inter-
faces. To order, contact Barry
Tumar, 47 Jubitm Cmscenf.
GRAVBS&H3^KmntDA124JQ.

i have alK) ni»iived a copy of
f O Hacker, supplied through
tNDUG(theottiG«arPfua D/D(S-
CiPLE user group, and wntera of
tfie FORMA T maga; ine men-
tior>ed above). I will look into this
further once I have access to a
Plus D Interlace, and twpe to
compaie 11 with MGT's own
equivaient program. WcA-Po*e^

® WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ®

a RIVAL DliSK lnt«r-fac« 10
Attie MGT Plus D product is
(■IpfOiiuced by Sixword. Tills
MtM CAF^atJllity ot running
«no«t any program wrritten
fcrme Sinclair microdrlve* (a
(Bicrwirive emulation tape i»
wiiHable a« an option), Hew-
ttv, some people (including
sj^BHyhavehadalotof
iQubl* contaciin^ them.
So here is the definitive

address (that's as of 14/10/

SIJCWORD

24 Chaisworth Close

CatisfieW

FAREHANI

Hampshire P0 1 5 5LS

I —

Good luck In contacting
them , , T

Kobrahsoft are continuing to support Specl^m i 3 owners. fol«
lowing on from their DICE system, they have written a disk
twckup program, DB1, This allows non-standard disks (for
example, commercial programfl) to b« backed up so that If the
disk is damaged, your money had not t>een wasted.

I will look at this program In detail next month, after Kob-
rahsoft have a chance to get it to backup my copy of Where Tim^
Stood satt (which failed m tlwir review version of the program) -
new protection meihod^ arf> constantly appearing, and this type
of program needs continyal upKlating to remain useful. The price
of 081 Wlil be C12.K> White waiting for my incisive review,
queries may tie dashed of to the address below, but rememtMr
no personal replies!

Helps and hints (but not loo many hassle ptoaaa} ilKMJid be
deepalctied post haste to ian Guii. Tecft f^icfie, CRASH,
PO Box 10, LUDLOW. Shropshtw SYd JOB.

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 1 1 7

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. WANDERER

is not just for warrderers
{or even wonderersj.

I never have been very
good at pla/ing cards,
- Snap if about all J can ever
understand, but I did try
playing pokeronce. when
I was on holiday in
America (the one ) won in
the competition^. I was in
Las Vegas, and decided to
try my hand at a game of
cards. Ah, well, a few
more years in the CRASH
broom cupboard and I
might make all the money
back . . .

Thankfully, Elite's new
game Wanderer only
involves pretend money,
n's due for release any
day now and is in glorious
^ 3-D (yes. you have to wear
^' funny specs again). The
gambling comes iri after
, you've bla$ted your way
'* through a few aliens and

can land on a planet.
;^ While you're ship's being
'^ refuel led, you can get out
the pathetic hand of
■ poker you've been dealt
and swap cards with the
aliens. After going round
several pJanets,
hopefully, you'll have a
good enough hand to go
to the middle planet and
actually play a game of
poker. Apparently there is
one planet populated by
cats, so I've been trying to
teachthe office cat to play
poker - he's got to be
better than me! - but so
far all he doesis chew the
v cards up.

Anyway back to the
comp . . . Those pleasant
people at Elite rang me
the other day and asked
for a Wanderer
competition. I said that I

would be happy to oblige,
so here it is. First prize is
a handheld Casiocolour
TV and a Panasonic
personal stereo
cassette player.
(Hmmm, those would be
great for my broom
cupboard because there's
no electricity plugs in
there. AH I have for
illumination now is a
candle, or sometimes a
torch if I can borrow
Ltoyd's.}Also going to the
lucky winner is an Elite T*
shirtand an Elite Goodie
Bag. As for the next 2S
names out of the bag,
they'll alt receive a copy of
Wandmi

Now, how to win. All
you imaginative people
out there with a spare
hour or so in your
Christmas Hols, Yd like
you to imagine that you
are the hero of IVanderer,
zooming around the
various ptanets playing
poker with the
inhabitants. Got the scene
in your mind now? Good,
now in no more than
200 words write a short
story of your journeys.
You can make it as
humorous or serious as
you like, but no more than
200 words, please. When
you've finished, pop your
entry into an envelope,
seal it and send it to THEY
CALL M€ THE
WANDERER, CRASH, PO
Bom 10. LUDLOW.
Shropshire, SYS 10B By
January 1 please as the
CRASH ludges' word on
this, as on everything
else, is final. Any hassle
and they may be
'wandering' around to
your house . . .

Gf^ASBCjinstmas Speoial 1 988 1 19

Ev9n stuck on out lorgo Mond on the edg« of the AlkintJc, It li
lmpotsJbt9 to ignore m Europeon Inftuence in our l^ts. And
computef gonnes, ike music, ore soindttiing of on infemattonol
longuoge, porHculoriy 1t>ose o( ttw shoot- 'tmyp vofi«^, Whie
Aion Sugar Informs us, In a dull rTK>notone, ttiol EEC trade banten
are sat to fall in 1 992 most Europeon sofTwore houses ore olreody
ctiamping at ttie bit to participate in the iucfottve UK market.

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place hortanv-Hicinino como whete

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crime(\ Idufdnl Wsl and Marc 8d^
toifided trie sontaQfe company
lortcWUfudOion imtonl success **^'
dRef crty in mor#« Ihei/d isf L
own rnariteiing and pubiciV Qsc^'-
mertf-helplng the new software txMI
toseld^ 200,000 ur^(cQ0eneiand
dHto) tt Its tifsi year of Gristenoe.

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on me gornn side 01 the b.sr«^
Lorideilt oho become jnwf>«d *n p><>
ducing longuogetoriduinffi Kidrc
and LotidnTt ornbAo^ dim vi^ to
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€dgconcjn>:ii '3nd buHnas joftwore,
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tif«uQfti {leg* wittt 6t9sh soMn

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high iceedi, ionc«ltg»f3kinNng )o
sefl ^0^ loftsr h Q oocttjge cef*iWno
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dtonot Cwjf C-^ i*.m itJ pgjdosed
won the A"*; vim&^jlf

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ii^ d^ r> mnd Due Id ^
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<f« 1 fr^moctiines wNh yet
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ererrv lonls Old r«icoplmL imMb

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pociwo gome te cwrefilV b*>Q cav

soeen p<3 vi»'\« see^i r^ looiiAiiecy
ptomuing

Tti^dso have two riew Spectrum
leieaieslnedupfcirthenewyeof.Rrst
ii Gabcfc Gsnguaqr, Q ipoai 3^
shoots erTHjp. coniolnir^ <Mer CO
plarwts on ^rffcfi !o iSo baffle, !♦ ij
pfomised to coriloirtpi9r%o( strategy,
as xtfitOifost oroide action sidedue
kraJarajoryreieose.

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speed kmllt dontMteftie KMVj of this

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^iDmniiv f^junded i/yJerBw-nomi
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were learned in !tie UK bf 0«enni^

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liy to proMTilQ variety' at toddiKfrom
robbing the b(ric Gtw reieosai that
veotmclJded tMO Code Motert
gariei jR^tonttyiidra^i v'aqprtoj
wel OS Ccrmist Watriyi (Tcerved by
fho f^wOettrd Artoiascfl).

oxKols ol t« oreoi betu«ertpn>duc^
Hor^orxJrelal

NE<i/a%, row fi0 03r*ad wMx
Oeedf) eioirsd> Dlnornlc ore ionti-
tr^ odbaa oaotionihe UK Mantel
nief fxiwrecei^lV signed a ded wUh
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Mtiich recer^ a ^«pediobl8 60% In

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t^M<x» d ?hs lequel to ^Affny Monm

pkiceon t» lea and wi Invoke lalrig
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come Dinamlc'Knoitfucoas^
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here), ftKisarMidBr {73%. Issue SI) -
taing over 90000 unls in SpQin mofc-
Ing K Spdn't higheii sding computer
gameF^

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pdrv hoi eiqpdrtdedi Irtd gitHp ot
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lc«y. dMfeUfw and pubtaNr^ INt
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plonned (br 1 W- Apor GPMBtef
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meaning '!^ppef' n Cddon (R*l -
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farnous Oiewr heord of hitTiJ molofcv^
cto dxrnpton on whom racing
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ralooat It the UK, ^4^ I7i» tibrpfofn-
besioDOQnowl beat-'errH4)t moMd-
rg both dmed Mh mocmnegunsQ
and if^ormed combd.

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dynamic Mure in the 6jop«ori Kilt-

CRASH Chnsimas Special 1 988 121

THE GERMAN SISTERS

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GfOBh (oftware botam i^wo^fvia-
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(70%, Issue 4^ T^lMssd ggoln b'/
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luwi c rTTQs&i¥e ipQces^p pkw <ir^
wi\ some i«ry coiouri^' graphics.
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Magic By4i» vrftQ lecaniV releoseci -
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Qcioss al Ihe mo^ lomcAL Ur^lbrlu-
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roiieMaei ridulno ondher oor
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The third fabulous game of the Star Wars trilogy !

A stunniiig direct conversion of the coin -op which follows the thrilling action of the mo^ic.

Three great levels of gameplay, . .

In the first level you are Princes Leia on her Speederbiker rttshing through the forest of Encbr.

Level Two se^ you controlling Chewbacca*s Scout Walker.

On level Three you are Chewbacea and Lando flying the Millennium Falcon.

Fight off T, I.E. Fighters, survive the lethal lube,

blast the reactor and turnaround from

the exploding Death Star.

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ACROSS

1 Does is rule the pop world? (6) . ^ ,^.

S There way out sound is needed for mixing, [b]

8 What all Stock/Mken/Waterman tracks sound

9 What all slick shirts should be made ol (4)

10 A very long and placid ditty. (4)

11 The appetizer.

(5)

14 Lie back! [7)

17 Biologically green, (7)

19 Nick's favourite tracks are usually one or

these. (3)

20 He's not square! (5)

21 Nick sets a new one every day! pj

22 Hit your balis from here. (3)

23 Shopping mall singer, (7)
25 Old-fashioned disco light? (7)

29 What the Ed's car is top of (the heap - Nick}, p)

30 Lazy Monty Python star, (4)
32 Nick cools down with a few of these w

A computer that grows on a tree, (5)

o, pu^les. From -^^X^^^XTc^^

whacky winter w°«>XSpir3l ' ^^'^ '"'
Towers board game to ^ri« s P^ _^^ ^^^,

t,e,e. There-s no prizes l««^^^ ^^ well-warmed

competitior). ^0J"«^ X^w^swriK be printed ,-,
quill and enjoy yourself. Answer i

ne« issue.

DOWN

French impression. (6)

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3 Sheena s a modem girl (6) ' '

5 P.T'^ ^ t*"^^^" ""'^ ''^"ana! (5)

6 Mirr/^*?^.'*^*'^'™*^' instead ('«) (6)

f/r *'!?■' ^''^""'1 smart! (6)

12 Now thafs what t calf Phil! (7)

13 Thetimeittooktocompllethese,

i; ShSl bve'U a gorilla lof sorts). (6) }| ^«tj ,^ .^^ ^^^
36 What every disco needs. (6) j^ Watch yTursfeoFrll!'^.''' i''

! puzzle pages

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17 Watch your step Eric,;;, da,ear.
numbered! (5) ^"^^

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Whal N^ T P^^s-s -^is next onT I %

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DROP 'EM (AND THEN PICK
THEM UP AGAIN)!

STUCK IN THE
MUD?

This one's dead simple,
just find the answer to
the first question, put it
in the top row of boxes.
Now, (f you take one
letter away from it,
you 11 get the answer to
the second
question . , , and so
on till you get to middle,
when the reverse
happens. Just add a
letter to get the correct
answer. Simple!

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Like a bear {not necessarily with a sore head}.
Hold on to them, you might fail off!
What the Editor likes his staff to call him . . .
. . .And what he expresses when we donV
What Phit iike^ with a vindaho.
IfsaPBMgame!
Down with imperialism!

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WHAT
ARE
THEY
LIKE?

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THE ATTRIBUTES OF EACH
PERSON, WE'VE DONE ONE FOR
YOU (Colin is 12 years old, but whai
does he like?).

CLUES

/ Colin « only IZ-yfun-otd and loves
strategy games.

2 Neither Adam or the edtest a wsn an
Atari ST computer.

3 David likes either sports simulations

or shoot-' em'Ups, and is younger
than the 1 5-year-old Amstrad ownet.
who is not an adventure fan.

4 Liz the Ct>4 o wner is older than tht
owner of the Spectrum,

5 The Amiga owner (ikes arcade
adventures .

6 Brenda doesn 'town an Amstrad and
is not 13-

7 The 14'year'atd is the shoot- 'em-itp
fan.

Confused? Welt don 'r blame us -Nick
Roberts is the one to blame for this one

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STANDING ON THE WALL

ALONG COMES A GREMLIN TO GIVE 365 PACKETS OF CHEWITS
TO THEM ALL

Inot very plausible - Ed)

THEMUNCHER

Do you remember the advert that
Aas shown on TV a few year^ ago,
; ieaturmg a large monster who
I lu^mped on various cities around
lbs world before some guy, called
Chuck, stopped him with a packet
cf ChewitB? Probably not. What's
this to do with the new (well, in fact
we reviewed the game under a
j different title - T- Wrecks - in Issue
56, 80% Confused'?) Gremlin
Graphics game Tb» Munclier? Well |
m. 9 \o\ , except that tt stars a large,
md very aruioyed Japanese
Bionstei whose eggs have been
itolen by a bunch of meddUng
fdentista.

Naturally she's moie than a bit
peeved and decides to go on a bit of
1 rampage, teaching those horrible
bumans a thing or two about
nftnglug, maiming, and being

I generally offensive
Rather than phone up about the
'ocnpetition details, Gremlin
I thought it virould be clever to send
3 Earge. and very green, refiagee
i^om a Japanese S movie to deliver
tbem in person — show-offs. But
ilthaugh he's well-trained, the old
jDonstrous instincts took over and
beaccidently. hmmm, sat on the
^tASH offices. The slip of paper
reached me after a large green
jcaley arm poked through the door
to my cupboard ruins.

I bope you've a sweet tooth,
T iiecause Gremlin have arranged for
ie first ten names - picked out of
tbfi building by the joOy green
aoQsier - to win 366 packets of
l&twiti (a year's supply they said
-hicky I989"s not a leap yearj. You
:»Q could be a bero like Chuck (fOf a

eai. at least).

So what do you have to do to win
^Q\e packets of sweets than you
:an shake a monster's tail at? First.
Audy the simple puzzle on this
pige, work out the correct route,
lod send in your answer -
preferably not by monster, dragon
5t any other large reptile — to the

address provided. And before the
January I please, or we vfUl set the
Gremlin monster on you (same goes
foi bending the rules - CRASH
Judges}. So get the answer off
(postcards, please) to GOME

BACK CHUCK, CRASH, POBqx 10,
LUDLOW, Shropshire, SY8 IDS

Along which road must Gremlin's
horrible monster travel if he is to
reach the packet of Otiewrl3?

i

TH

MAM M oil

ACROSS

t Arelhci* two pfehi>^>ht ihJi-.iv[L-t>. ln-Mimi;

The brum of siifcncss? (h.hji

4 Firiil njrnc nf irharuclcr whn •^l^rred in the

H^ime whh buili-m (^rimuTV iitibLiluncL' (5\

i Tht.% software bouse could becnmc habiliorm-

m m

1 4 Aniilnid'i bias is uich n ^wtcl man (5>

15 Worts your wjiy op in ilii$ c*iill?cl rank wilh
fitcbit&i trading ganw {.^y
It Peadty riv*! <j( ihc (irnntl M^ter of Ter-
might (17)

l^ and 10 down MuMrnronic'i riiir^aiind
shiNHin^{>ainc (^,5)

^ lest boot (5)

31 Niime of Soffck'a caveman wbo enjoys »te*l-
in{{ dinui&atie cgg& (3)

Zliind RacTOH Dorth Viider'* revenge 13 A7.-l|'
li Comic created h)- Don Lawrence, the
'father' of Dan Dane (5)

25 You v^okild have to be a Berk lo go down
there (S)

26 Muy ttiL- force be «kiih you [4 A)
M noyfluhJivcthc]rkctnuv«tom4dCBK|mi4^-
ing»'Und (^5)

29 S«eJZaicru»

30 h thn man %liU the copynght of Mel
Croucber? (2>

it tuA 29 icfw Nfl me of cha ractcr in ihc Delta
4 spoof — -' " ShcrliHili (5.*}
J3 Alice went lu hi^ !ca p;ir1y W
is Ore mini it^cd miiTtirv and a liiser to gMid
effect (9)

M and W dywn Aivd on the Sih day ihu game
*** Outlle^ afl4 appeared in ti4uc 2^ (5 .5)

40 This, software company wil) leave ymi all iil

41 Tirsinthv Gloss sa)-* that yoTJ necdoneloiice
the light dfi}

41 This CCS fame w» no market garden (A)
4i Scc96iKroB

44 This wftwtn house 4oet not alkrw riff-raff
on iti premise (5)

45 >h'9s Diivid Todd really » liny (6)

46 They call him the wanderer (S)

4t WstcliwDTd of the (ilien refill aitce group

opposed lu the Termight timpirc unU U» tyij^nni-

cal overlord*. The TcrminaloT»(5)

49 Cliuckjelitidone(3)

SI Se«ARdo*n

53 The ei^t-skkd Sfurc has lout all of iti

cner!jiy(5)

$S Title given to Me(^ City eof»> Joe Diedd is

one (51

$6 Do tbcy motivate the software industry? (9)

59 It unkvki ihc fourth dimcnvinn (^.2,4)

to Fido has been in^c^led with ^upcr pikers

i1 Tram eiiil lot Argut Press (4,4)

a Short Aiutralian animal scnies a douMc ce n-

tury - what a fighter ( S )

64 Silvifr^oft'% ^ysicmatic killer (I2)i

65 Rc-uKabIc ^piacecriift (5,7>

M 'K ktps the other way rmind for RfeNfd (5)
67 Former American |ioe» north lo we Peie
Cooke (5)

69 Red indiatt hilehei a lift in a ftclicopter (K)
74 Indian! Jones is one (8^)

75 In ^pace rto-one can hear you play compuicr
jjumci f 5i

76 r>ocMri Kiurihird^ *iel la r craft hflveenpno

(10)

77 M'jL a |0Dd thtng that itie Qiieeo doemt
here (6)

79 Did Binary Dcsip call in Rctttokill on Hif
game (8)

91 Have CAT will travel Oi
a Painting tcvcrH:»tn the murning, makiqt
computer'Bkkd hoard, name (5)
86 BulldoginvolvcthiemfccJvesinafBnulvqiw-
rd (>»)

IT Di!ktrici Aiteirney ^y^ thank you fonnfor'
mattnn(4)
M Newion Hied one (o create the ftnttpectni

(5i

W GreeJt lucky flumber (S.5>

91 What's this, ■ DnftMi game on the SpcctTiui

93 and 45 down Youhavctottefa^ionihrdtn
with thiN Mi)»lrrir«iiiiv pmc (5,4)

96 and 4i acrw& Star of Ocean'sb p-p-pck up i
Penguin pame (6^)

97 See^dtmn

98 Card jfame made famous by Sun Ftn (S|
100 In*Jn'Ft. enginccrFdwardflOji)

lOJ If you want a I'lwti'kc lm4gc^ Ux^tiulln

thii^dwcllfngfll)

106 ^e 5? down

tor Mr Big H. in for a rougih lime (flji

108 DoA*|iniM& With this v>(twarecomp«ity.
Vfiu may iiiid ymif seJ( fidi on yiMjr ba^k (7)

109 Don't drmk thai, tt'i ihcgal (11)

1 They should have calkd tn Bomhjack to deal
*tth (his fine (*>)

2 ReKue attempt by CRL way hack in k^iie \
(5)

3 Mr Lee's floi name fSi

S Doe« Ripley dream of electric androids (6)
7 Everyone's lavounte computer magajrinc (5)
fl SHime lucky pet^^ri may have jihuuted thi&
word when they had «)lvcd Ihc clue« irt ihu
search for the pteoeitof ii TemporatTaltsman (6)

9 Wa& lltbriidllg game a Thotn in Graham Wii-
dom'^ side (4.51

10 See 1 9 across

11 See ^ down

12 A Klocky puzzle gtinir that if unlikely (o
beciifnc a CU Lt hit (ft j

IJi" Another name for the fiery Phoenis (H)

17 Ci>de Masters excel at this type of pnte (9)

IB ActiviAion'^ pillajie of a naiural walcrwav

(5-4>

14 Japartex mntcf tant» on the p^in thrchhold

IB Did Microsphere consult Casey Jones when

programmitift this game (5,4^

27 Steve Crow'^tMelTur ircmhle (9)

2Sand 11 daw A David f'e try ^M^ involved with

•wrrK heavy metal (9.5)

31 Arnold Schwarzenegger's lon^ haired alter*

33 Ma|uc Knif^ht woz ere ( 121

34 Pete Ctnikc is on taut ree (.1,4 1

J4 Ivce Ma)OT\ took a tumbk in llti» one (43)
37 This GMike> CHIPS (5.7)
39 DidAcccarryoulihe pro visf cms of o wi II ? (7)
47 Did this Bulidojt (J^amc blow tiscif up for
nothirtp?(9j

4H Did Malky play ibii? (5.4)
50 Power failure. Ittok for one of these little fel-
low's (7)

52 CRL's rejected person (7>
S4 Kally dns-er has a bad dream (•?>
5$ Used luciiintiolajiaircrafi-as weltaaacom-
puter game (9)

S7 ma4 lOAacrom Rcdshift travelled tnihe
While MLiiiotuinikiflieafcbof tbeie Ihrec Icj^ed
mnn«er^ (3..7)

59 LuiceSkywalkercvtafewoftbcsccihehai-
lied with the Empire's hf^lers (3>

60 Ciivmic Caledonian crone (9)

62 The Uliimatc way to esttaitge softKone (4)
68aadSlacn>is Theeycf haveitforthiitmuiuni
bounty hunter (93)

69 Imajgine coming dow n lo earth ofi a famous
htilHliii^ run (5,6)

71 Afttvision's mfmsiM game will certainly
bring ihc houu down (7)

72 Oh no, not another p*raied Frrebtrd game (9)

73 The sc T ed .tnd hlue monsters tKiitic ii ^^\ii■l■n

atlisiiini plunci (5)

T4 An itinlikely heto. thtt bird even 9>mo4et

dgin(A,3.4|

77 The flammg hitd is %pelleiJ wTimgly - 1
Mcgadodo<7)

78 f-'irebird I wist Lucy into J'D (4)
f» This guy found himself lo be the tarpei far]
viimc nasly ^illnins (4)
8) FatncHJS film character ^retted by Ed|;aEj
Burroughs (d)
M Shopping bai never been such fun (4,15)
85 Adivi^n had agrcat bbort run wttli thii ( lH
90 Samara's type of game (9)
92 Male sheep (3)

94 Set the ^takef nn a polcer' pjtte (4)

95 See 95 Acrus-s
VJutiVTuaVtf Oargoylc'i|Oameytoihcuan.
(2J)

*» Don'l push htm <5)
IDO Ske.^J^acrou

101 liujt Byte's scene «f confliel (5)

102 On the djy il is ^11 inlctface« (5)

103 Was ihi;^ Break-Out variant really btamt
(5)

104 Frmlo. iilong with many otbco tried Ift
heciime Lord of the — (5)

109 US Gold's sword- wielding eapedemsujtf]
(S)

CRASH Christmas special! 968 137

CLUES

1 An ArcriJmedes Quot© on the Spectnjm! (6)

2 Pete Cooke's follow-up to Tau CbU. (T)

3 TTiis lannous bear made a fishy appearancuB on tfw Spectrum.

(4)

4 A reincarnated' software label, (7)

5 An upper-class group ot programmers? (5)

e An excelt&nt pne-Cybflmo^dtrom Raffade Ce<xo. (6)
7 Hewson's rotattng tower" game. (7)

6 Am early De/endef-type ^ame from Sottek, (9)

9 The bad ones were rod and the goodies were blue. (5)

10 David Jones's second Magic Knight game. (10)

11 The first Freescape game. (7]

12 Lolhtorien's soldiers didn't have square bonces! (10}

13 Quick silvas dog was radioactive. {91

14 US Gold's luiufisiic Namco conversion has recently been
re-released at a budget pnce. (10)

15 Realtime's sflcortd release. (10)

16 Activision's motorbtk^j facer, ^6)

17 Is the woH having his apperxjtx removed? (9)
IB Was Ocean's rally a bad dream? (9)

19 Leve^ 9's gresn isle. (7)

20 Did Barnes Wallace design this game? (10)

21 The Chicago Bears took on itie New England PatHots In this
sports simulation, (9)

22 What Eric Bean's gnomes were. (4)

23 Was this lucky for Games Workshop? (8)

24 This famous Fj'ench genefai was at war with CCS. (8)

25 CftL's strange hamstef , (5)

26 Could Imagine turn lead rnto gold. {9)

27 Dave Mafshall's classic helicopter simulation. (8}

28 Micromanlia s jumping Kangaroo was out of this wofW! (6)
2S Nick's favourite Rat Cecco game. (9)

30 The sequel to The Legend OfAvaion. (10)

31 Elite's cl^sic Capcom shool-"em-up conversion. (8)

32 Ussa's cO'Slar in Firebirds budget game. [A]

33 What the * r stands for in IKr . (13)

34 An ad Lrtillly from Creative Sparks, (8)
36 Elite's recent roadtolastlng' game. (10)

36 The ' mad monk " appeared on the Firebird label. {8\

37 When did Ocean's story end? (5)

38 Steve Turner's hack and slay game rhymes with an all-giri
pop group I (8)

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CRAZY
CRASH QUESTIONS

1 If Nick c jn cat ^ 6 " IcJiamgi^rj pgjj tn 20 scc-

onds, how tang should he teke 10 him Mt a 9"
one fof itfie sarne thicJknessj ?

2 IfrttaJftttwoCRASHrevtftwrsiwohourito
W^twogarrtes, how ksog does it take- thrw
^APf jwiewers 10 revww Gne game?

1 ywiy did DomiFK Handy put Pmilm his
radio?

« ff Stuart utimtheworflCybefpunl!' ten

tifws^wry mnute.htw/ many tiinejdocsh* say
It in ont whole d^y?

S Marl* ttiinkijiaiTOsefovwussog/oovy but
how many groovw does one of hs record con-
tiSin?

ft Phil is playing foocbaW for Le»cester Ciry fwnh-

fiif thinking I and fwijuit come on « a substJtuie
ixn nis y(}f are ios^ig 5^ ^[^ ^j^ ^I mtrnrtes

136 CRASH Christmas Special 1988

left J'hescorw agoaf, he wiSamomaticaUyscofP
anothenntwke the tfmc h* took to score the
previous one How quickly must he score the first
goal to ensure that tetcester win the match?
T ftchard PhsmotkxK' £ddy jpends ^t Jeast

e*9hr hours fl day on the phone - how large IS

New5fieW i tjiri li om erjtjsh Tetecom?

« I^UqydMangfani types two words a mffiute
on his Hermes Typewriter, appfoxjmately tKm
long does n take him to type out his Forun?
f If Nicfcs stomach can hoM 1 fjtf« of Eiquid
plus 20fcg of food, how much heavier is he ^er
consumtr^ a fell kMd of pizids and Cherry Coke ?
I« *Stfwn«nber42.a)[hemeaningoflJfeDj6

mult^pAed Dy 7, c J me numbw of pajas Nick eati
each day or d) an three?

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1 Mark Caswell's first artistic nickname (8).

2 US Gold's ultimate mission (4); a Break-Out
game to drive you barmy (5).

3 The interface to have with a microdrive (3);
what Hercules turned the minotaur in to (4),

4 What to say to the Prime Minister (3); you do
this a lot in driving games (4).

5 A sort of sceptre , star and empire (4); the
colour of Imagine's beret ^5).

6 Super brothers (5); throw a computer (4).

7 A type ot wolf or defence (3); what Z2AP!

a b c

reviewers do when they lose the challenge
(again!) (4).

8 Contemporary software generation (3);
Giana's changes style (4).

9 What some adventures don't have (8).

to Don't push Ocean (5); it came from the gods

(4).

1 1 An edible computer (5); the best sort of score

to get (4),

1 2 A crazy title lor a software house (3); Samara
insists on caliing hers a quill (3).

d e f Q h i )

HELP!

Right, then. Compared
to most of the crazy
puzzles that we've
thought up, this one's
dead easy. Just took at
the clues, write the
answers in the gaps in
the answer square (a
mysterious character
shouid appear down
the tett-hand side!).
Now transfer the
fetters to the
corresponding
coordinated squares in
the horizontal diagram,
to spell out yet more
words. See, toid you it
was easy]

Who thinks up these
puzzles anyway?

1 40 CRASH Cliristmas Special 1 988

STACK 'EM
HIGH!

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2 Uncle Mel

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1 1n long, Japan Capsule Computers
I EWe's old Wiff

I LkxI'O and friends

10 Owners of Melbourne House and tJislTibutofs of the Sega
amsole

II David created Stanon
M The man beyond Ihe (and of Midnighl

13 Gremlin donated the profits of thts adventure to Soft-Wd

14 Their first Spectrum game was 3-D Tank, Du^

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ciin .ilw.i\N rest.iri ihe pmk; unnt
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•I lo write tltmn 4 vei iif
rintions whivK IV pr*itc%M:4l

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l«»rm\ t»( F-RP itcKcd .iv well
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^ittHlfun. hiit V'IKV v\pi.n\ivc.

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h.«vf their hniilalmn'*.. hul iIh ^
arc .11 k-.iV aivc|iLihle allcrna
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li a * c ti «dn i> >e Icel t Ik- Ih'> 1 1 1 1 the
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j;ivtf\ y<H) the ni*»^l (iplK»ns

Al Ifie iimmenf iKcre are miiin
ei»mpiiii:r RPtivoii ihc market
iind ihcrc aie more to tonic
Smiic will he ln.ind new 1*11'
quite a lew will he rercli.
olil i;aiiicv *hit ' '
4iiipr(»ed u|K>i; .pj

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ih« «£Vdgery oJ rathieBi Rftl K«nOh bv OV«fConiUig! fifing Ntnja wurton, awJHome draganliuid iCTObaUe SOMO wreiMlerit
1o nunfi bal « few. Toult ai!«<i all yeiu' mutiiJ uta tzoinino and itdll wilh the iip«aj, ch*itiii And dcVle ta seek q«i muI
dvfkal Hrm K«n Ob in a turioiu and bLoody battle with 1h« Hrvurffe of the Orient,

C8M Ml^t £9.99i £14,99d Ai4n ST £13.93d SpeinnLm 40/1 2SK £B.t9t £12,99d:

AmifA £24.9dd ' rri««f tt««(l £19.99) Amtiad CPC £9,99t £14.99d

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STR£ETrtCHT£H~'TrAve} ajotind the globe and do
battle with ihe bqs! fighlem thatlapan, ThJiliiid, USA.
En^iond ajid Chiiu cvk thfvw at you.

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Ydi, If s true, Sonta's come early to CRASH Towers and
oil us loyol eWes have rushed you yet another fantas-
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1o perfectly fit the Chrlstmos spirit weV© got ttw fas-
lerl tape ever. Biimt rubber, ftashirvg rotortiades and
hammering machine guns, doesnflt just conjure up
ttte festive mood. Whot?l You've asked Santo for a
CobboQe Potch Doll and knlttir>g needtes? - Nah,
dldn1 think so.

you bcxik ssvArd thoiMnd poiTNlL
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te Wor tape, £129^ or d«t And
the dafTio'ffiee wUfi ycv lna«di^
ChiWinos CRASH

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C^riilimcis E US GddTi top oroode
oonventcn ;>icr)diarai«te. ACRASH
SimoBh. this non-stop shoot- em-up
pen voy agotrst tgrri(fc hflite3g*wi ie»
l^ghiera, mQs»ys bombeft ord
botttehips, The battle tok@s ptoce
ower foMf (SrteiBnf icjrvJsct^es -
urbon. uoi ooA<nL |Lrgi«/Woie«
vtA^ civd o moMiu* oi reinety. Al
tour^Meiitve^iiuiiiiBetediom
two cMMtiead v«(1k:ol/scroinQ and
one (1yin9^f1to-n^©-*cfew^

GCH/CAPCOM
Spaghetti junction biost-
'em-up!

Stoicrig QUI pole pcBffior tor itie ^*'
mate ChrtS^nof drMrg gorn© « Ifiii
Murtsttc ootOHDp converstom. BIs^-
riQli^taS on ffio Spectnjm. wtfh some
grectf rrvTKXiivQrKfltc grqphia I
KMs pioc9 on)h« sky-high Heiilel-
br trovers cT the Mura Konr^ikcizia
oppbronts and skif^odt teiTiorlsb ore

ol ow itie ploce but you're not flop-
p^Tfltofcmyfriifto .

Your tubo-chcvgiad car la heav^>v
OTT^od to bla$t oo^Boiw lony drti^
dn ttryirvo 10 luh vOut ornm <00d,
bomper boots and fiogt ti*Wn stop
you ^anslotTPing Into a )Qtb^ tor
jumpi

i£D Stfcvrr) toigei place owet nine
mcredibV clcingofDUS and ftjst
stages. 90ch wttt^ Hs own tt«me and
ondpNc $!>(«. After the tli^ tood and
lev«t, stages ore rnuntoodad irt pom
The Jimdte oiStBcJiw is Sky City.

Ptogrorrvned by ScAvnoe Deo-

tioni, pteviousiy responsibts tor the

ma'id& Smashes, t^opeMy JNi wi
beyeftonoitwrbtghlt Unlo^fhe
gorne wfl be ie(e»ed HTKitane-
om^ with the ccivop io dorly
Dec«rrber Tho co4n-op could set

The demo rtc; ;orrpAM

fkst1\»*0 secHortt Of frie atrno - one
(Mwt«ad and onebehiyiffie cop-
tw Apoit tnom a *Bw tweote rs just
fke it>e one vi« reviewed, and is l^v
tCHjgh Reoc^ the SittO^ rOvtew' on
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100 teotu re-pocked pages on who's who and whaf s wtwt on tihe screen PLUS o 16-poge Fronds Ford Coppola suppiement, loted
In 12-part serkil MOViE - The Video Magazine. £1.90 from ail Qood newsogenfs. Subscrtptions ovaiiaDle - see MOViE for details.

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tiaat, LTUMy. AdMMm ly Sirnuta-
ICA. dr Mnd SAE foroHitoaiw al 30Q i-
Mltwini Ip David HcMlWlvn. ;30 M«w
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13flK with Swrfl disc dnvn
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MMtariia wMh tap* noo nim. Iwd»
::a«ici Adntm tftw 6p<t weehda;^,
iTN^KTit 5«h«d*y - Sunday on MfWt^
W4 4S6136. Hudd#Sf«td WM. Price

j SpiiiEtfwii flamn for 9tt«: Old and n«w
itrorn CI 00 10 £S 00 aaqti ^Wnoa
ItaJdn: t>illw. Oorii S»de. A.T.F. oic.
I jMSA£ tor M U9C SMPphan Couim, 11
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art)*. bookSi, upas plui. dMu; {toid-
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£16.95, Poal arwl fadung Ma, f^aaaa
aand Eurochaoja to Unus Staatflor.
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laiait gaiTiaa tor aala. A> Rama ar*
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lwdJorilieli», ^lllO carrying eaass, ovw

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lona £250 ono T«l: KInotton Blount
(0044) 91072 afiar 6cm

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a Kjii, Xcat. RMIa Rwnaa, S|#«. Mw
chbal II, Chlttv. Ovvl'e Cwhv InErad
Srnniitrig Fiiiwnan. £1 50 eacti. at tor
£7.00 Sar>d tfiequa' to W. IrMli^.
John StrMt. Port Talbot, S, Walaa^
Poaiaga 2Qp par gama.

•4-3 w»\ dMh div*. ioytitidf.
taoe faads pfkn tap* decK, afl boxjed
With o^er 30 gamflt^ al origirial, RcMd
Bldftian. Targat R aiw ga da, Combal
School. Dniar ate, tapa and dai^, £1 70
Tal:i:0S4?l60613«.

Tba Btnaskng flwnota CorAr^ Plug,
■pacial prtoa E27.99 plut ottw alactn-
c«l aqutpmant Forymr fr«4 catatogue
CtNina Maroury Bactror^a 01 940
2644, 29> K»w RtWd, RichmgrKl, Sur-
ray.

^fiaetram i2aK. d«a lacordar. £1SiGrs
wont* or good gamn tfic. StargUdar.
EUta. E)toior, loyiticli and Intarfgce, Tlia
kM plua a taw magi £200 orto, ArrfKNy,
1 euy Ava. Ruiafip, SMdx, HA4 7AT.

Bpgh pfogram tor Spactrum
Mioaliiw oamaiiw aKcaoam valua tor
morwy ai £2.90lroni WW Soft. 6 Toww
Road North, H«8wall. WIrral. M«rK-
yaWtL60 6flT

Conwiodar* ISSK, MPSBOt prMar,
diac <lrfv9, danaaana, fo^^icka, Supar-
beaa, Kuia Palmar, boolu, upaa.
diaca. £37S tiha lot. Cotitad Daw 021
552 7560

3 gr««t gamaa on ona <
ara Karigman, htougrtla and Crbaaaa.
and Batttaslirpi. Al tor tlv pnoe ol
CI SO. Sflnciclw)Ma orPO'ato Roban
Sortlaat, 14 Conialon Av*, Darton.
BafTQlvy , S. Vorta S7S SBB.

4aK Spactnm for sale wtlh Saga
Emparor tcayboard, aound booatar. 2
ioyit^* iiartacaa, {oystictt. data ttc-
ordar, ovar flO oarrm. ow iO
magaimsa. WHI wm tor £100 orto.
Pliona 09655642.

S^aOlrvn + Z PlUa D 3 "dteh drtva,
Mtn di^u wntn di4*i aofTwafa. Muiftlac*
129. OH 'Ironies !oyslK4<. intB«1ac9 Ifvj
£200 dT scftworn, C^SO iri« Krt WiH
wparsta. 35 Baanrood HMi Road, Wln-
Viill. Qwrtori on Irani,

•paotrwn 4tK+ ^M* new powarpactt
Mit 5 na«r oanwt al tor iuat £90 ono.
Phona; 0451 4igg4a, a^ fgr NIcit or
wnta to: 14 Ceiandma Cloaa,
TT^ombury, Bnstoi BS12 lUe.

Saga Maatar Syatam, £250 wonh 04
gamss including Flockv. AftarlMmar.
Quanat, tUk/n. m y«ar old, ygc-
Wonh £350, wtll acoapt £210 ono.
PfK3naNi(4D2Se]idS6lS All malruc^iGna
»id tfHi braad.

i^wtnim 48K. OO-i- gamn, 10" BW
J v.. Lghn pan, tapamooidir, fnanuata,
ZX Printar, all in good oonditian. F« tMa
bargain al £75 rmiPatar ori NPtUngham
(OeO^012O8iaftarep«ii

For 8al*. Combaft School. Slap FioM,
Top Gun. CotnOf ftaidar. Fotaih fro-
tocoi. f 15 Sa*« Eagla. v«r^ chaap. H
MianaAad wita to Aonan McOo#ai, 7 1
WmMbum Pai». D ai j ff war a, Co J^rtfP,
Niofttwn Inters WT«t 3AY,

Spactrun4tfC tv tf« wHh OKn^onhw
haytjoard. AGf pmgiw i wiMb l a towtttc*
ntprfapa pMg Oufdcghot irjoyclidi. WH
mH tor QM ono. Pbona Hxk on 029G
4lS438rtarSpin,

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mntf tor 50p- Sand SAE and a chapua
mada payabia lo R Qemtmji. Whrta
to 24 Lawol AvB. OunaWM. a«cto LUQ
2AW

Original aoftwara for ate. tittiH
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Scnaal FigNar ale Atso Crash rrvgs
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to 31 Cnadoor way, caMvi, B'aom.
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Staphan Cnnaton. 95 Slourvala Road.
SonKKMina, Bournamoutti. DoraM
BH& 5^. Plaaaaantioaa SAE, Rubbar

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Karnpsion foqu** |)Iu« Art Siudlo.
arcacta aiyl* m^Kk, t«p« racordar. Q/
Wt«l*vttlon,£S004 wftwara.ovar 100
maga. woren £1000^. MH £350 CM
Stmon on (0835) 254204.

Sp*elrum 128 -» 2 sliU boxad. 2 joys-
ticlw. 1 KwTvalBn ■nartaiK, £750 of
itiltww*, acbapl £390 ono. Pnona 01
set ^46.

apKtoum 40K. ntarfaoa. iwo
Ometta^oi |0<y$l3Ci(. cariving cane,
gaiTttS £7S . Aifo oihar garriaa tor ul«.
popular titt«i ag, Targal Rartagadw.
SAE lor dataria, Staphen Bra««r, 72
Moai Riaa. Burgaaa HUt. iMaat ~

m 1 s aex. pU^*2tM.

Craali Bach luuaa 18 and 20 to 37.

pliff Dhgmal of Elita with L«naioci( artd
aliRsmjcttoroi worth £15 Crash Srnash
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ovar £230 aoftwar* (fyrtapv, Enduip
Rkw. Santinal. Papaiboy, Soggrt,
Combri Sdiooi, Laadartxsard, AKana,
Tj^vMI PurauH atci - C90 AMo Qwwjs
MouH. ArtiBt 11. £% ono, £t ?0 ono ttw

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for Phip. Pl>wi ftufyT

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IK M DfiginHi BoxBd ind In •HOWnt

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g«n«a, tJ MltfH graphic*, vrtfwnaly
poputar wfth Itw youV"^ ccmput*
uMr, FTMM ktod (Hftt. M^ prlc* only
f*m. ctwopni prt» mr*^itm\ T«lt-

8#ga Mast*r 3yit««n ^nclucMa Ligfft
PhSHf . tivt* oam* c«s«n*(Ajt Out-
run, ChopiHIw, World Grand Prtu, Hang
On, ExctNant eondltton bM boud u
mw, idaaH CttrMnuii prvMnI txan or
KVil Mi aoperMoty. Croydon e@1 1£84.

Vwv cfiMp i *■ 3omw FREF) softwai^ far
lh# Spftdtrum -iaK <iwTt«* from 1'9S4 -

1998. Sand wi SAE tor a Hat to Scott
VMtina, 20 Nan*\^«w. I«lp, Kadanng.
NorthaniBNN14 3lX).

Far talK 0«ar ISO ^actrum oama*
Indudng O/btmcM, Qgt Run. MaMiv
Oar \l Karnow pti« many )7aK only
garnaa btdodng Viltwra T«ne Slood
St«, wwi 0¥«r CBOO, accapl C^OOonc
Phona Ot fiSr ?Bfi3 Mmr 6 OOpm.

Spaetrum ^2vMii<nwClS0««rthol
•Dftwar*, Chaaw jDyaUdi aitd aoma
nmgMfeiaa^ in woeOant oondMon only
sIn rrnnttH oM, wnVi ow C300. vnti
accapl £t BO ovno. TatapfKine 01 369
4ftS6 «nd itte for FordoM nrnt'

ZK Spaotrvfi <!■ . tapa racordaf . Tuftu II
loyaiick, iFwitcttibIa Marraca, HMar
E4bQ onginat gama*, many tioafca. Tha
kH worth aw €W0, «al iof £1 00. Exoet-
lam condition, al boned Phona Largs
{CM75) G7SS&^ 4-«pm and aa»( for
Jonalhar^

Sovctrurn 120K. OtacJpis Intartaoa.
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,mr, that hasn't stopped you having your &ay, and though
|tte graat sexism del>ate has died down (was it r«aliy much
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iid«3 the letters continue to fall onto my desk like autumn

Muri;l«rous micros, PC Show tedium, the good ttte bad and
it original, golfing technique . . . these are the topics of
th month's Forum h Kow, who can help grandma and send
" Ihe best rhyming saying for February and March?

BELOW PAR

idiigustad! No sooner has all
lltfBSt furore atraut CRASH
I axl oertarn ad^ txxed

he most pi^'
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foitef wfl teU you j; . ^ -:;,..;, naif
Tiltw fight hand should overlap
taft fof eringer. or interlock
it.
illustrated gr^ has no
, encouraging encess^e
of the nght arm and hence
a severe push or slice,
causing the player to
a ncJicgiOLisly high hand-

SeoorMj^. the angle of the
inniiuQgests a very ufthght
ming and st^fKe wfiicn would

give a tendency for the club's ice
to catch (he ground first and
iwist the face open, once more
producing a slice^um'push to
Itianght.

And lastly the wnsts have
Deen 'bfOKen' far too early on
the foHow -through, ca[Ui%nfg a
lach of control and accuracy,
especially with the long itons
and woods.

(f, r>e«ve<i lofbid. any poor
specimen was thie model for this
debacle, i urge them to afrange
lessors with their local leaching
professional immediately,
t>efore thenr swing and social life
1$ damaged b^ond repair, not
to mention the inevitable
expense in Eosi baits!

I hope 1 have put M r Frey rtght
on this cnjcial tjlunda^, and
expect an official apology and
assurance that nothing of this
son occurs agajn. or you can tje
sure you will lose many dis-
gusted readers, myself
included,
John Hay. Suthoffand

I gave up gaif years ago so I'm
not the t»st one to judge this
grave owersighL However, I
have passed your letter on to
the Sporting Techniques
Accuracy Subcommittee of
the Oli Frey Intermagazine
Artistic Manegemeni Group,
and I am sure you will be hear-
ing from them soon.

Please accept my tiumMest
apologias for this Inconweni-

LM

NOT SO GREAT

Dear Ltoyd

Hefernng to CftASH's All-Tinxi
Greats' guide, how can you miss
out Manic Minet^ lt was one of
tfie classic games like Jetpac.
Tt>e first platfomi game ever
written deserves to be in your
guide at {east.

If you con trnuB to took through
the pu 1 1 Out . y ou wM see Robin Of
The Wood- It IS one of the most
borrng games ever, running
around a huge maze lookmg for
the bishop lo get his cash. This
jsnt an all-time great . so wfai ra
It doing in the magazine?

f^y top ten gan^es ever are:
Dynamite Dan it, Monty On TTie
Run, PyjamarBma, Technician
Ted. Marspoft. Exoion. Skocn
Dajre, Mantc Miner. Jetpac and
Ttte Satinet.

Skooi Daa was better than
9&ck To 5*000' because ihem

acknowledged, don't they,

LLoyd?

C Store. Pofliand, Dorset

Yes and no. Tasta ts a personal
thilng (wt>lch is why everyone
thinks everyone else is
wrong!| an4 even I didn't agre«
with all the entries in the Ail-
Time Greats guide, tt's the
ones they left out rather than
tha ones they included that
cause the probleins?

I suppose it would t>ei fairly
easy to pick out 60-odd games
that mwfe history ^ genres,
graphics techniques etc ttist
hadn't been done before.

Buttryingtopick put the
i>e«t games is much more sub*
jedtve - after all, there have
been at least t,500 Spectrum
games released since CRASH
and I started!

was more wanation in the ways
you could b^ame other people.

What a great game
Pyjamafama was - shame it was
a bit too easy. Taohnldian Tad
was a very hard gsna, but wftat
an original idea. Marsport was
not that big , but the three stages
took a long time to complete.

All the gan^tes deserve to be

What happened was thiat Ed
Dom and the reviawan tat
down together wt(t» tlve years*
worth of CRASH, stole bits of
Uic k 's piua and dec idod what
to put in. They only had 1€
pages, after all, so they
couldn't Include every-
thing > . .

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HE'S MAD, HE'S BAD, HE'S SENSITIVE AND
CARING

Qe^ Lloyd

How wtwt's with the BIG PRINT
mttti fettars pAgi^ and huge
(crwnshoto ot any game whjch
Amenttorted - th^ are hardly
nocesaary are they? So why
*fl't you g«! rid 0* thorn giving
mve room to prim letters'?

And on the subject of i^ttef $.
1% fwl print something instead
Oltfie bonng arguing about
Miism in games'? It's so repel rt-
w-lhe argumeni has not prog-
nssed anywhere since the out-
oy owef the Chm Derach cover

Weill, here's a new view on rt
ta-yow.- .

I must wnte to complain about
itie portrayal of men as big
nmng muscie men armed to She
tMh and ready to kill anyone, for
etample Vindicator. Barbarian

4 ts. degrading to man to be
fiownlike this, we are not all big
Sunte with no trains I am asen-
iittve canng person and was
otlerided by the naked niu^cles
0)Own in Sa^sge. i hava burng-d
wy M)py of CRASH in protest,

Please maite sure ttteiedtsguBi-
ing pictures are never printed
again.

Not a very convincing argu-
ment IS it, I certainly don't 90r9e
with i1, but risaliy A la no different
to letters saymg pictures of
women displaying their se^tuality
are degrading, which just proves
what a useless argument it Is.

Well enough of that af>d onto
something else , . . the PC
Show. Didn't you think It was
oit^bish compared to laal
year's? There were hardly any
independent traders sealing
Cheap games which 1 1 hi nk is the
only thing which makes it worth
going, and Ihe lack of a balcony
mea nt y ou where unat^le to get a
good overall view df the stands
and such.
N&i Stone, Ajbingdofi, Keot

WHO ARE YOU
ACCUSING OF
BIG PRINT,
YOUNG MAN?

LM

COMPUTERS - CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM,
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 'EM

OearUoyd

3»(\g a sNghi bookworm I
fCjOyed Mel Crouchier's
Monitor, He had presented a
tfltt-wri-tten argument sup-
Dorted wrih interesting, convtnc-

■'M wett-fcoearctted facts.
X < eagerty waited tor his next
ccrnritxjtion to thesacred pagee
of CRASH,

On purchasirtg Issua B6 1 ran
home and retired to my bedroom
b some peace and quiet. I
Opened and scanned ttw con-
tents page.

fAHEY! Monitor's in this
momh's ish!", I Ihoctght happily.
% I s^ ipped paM all the reviews.
LonpetitJora ancf advartiaa*
menis to page 62 and staded
Mding Monitor.

Shockl Horror! Pisappotnt-
Wfrt' How could Mr Croucher
■xuse a robol of murder? Any
[ tt»ne iof M r Ken ji Urada's death
va& on himself for not using ttie
[rt)VMjed safety gate. Also,
fiychopBlhiC Software proved
itK^ ill-ctvosen heading and
Nbfaci.

Surely Mr Croucher must
ilxJ*r^tand thai a co^^puter toi-
totts Its programme wtthiout

deviations. Therefore any mis-
takes or accidents tt>at occur are
due to the programmer's omis-
sion of sqrnething. IdeaJty the
program shookJ be written to
oope wth all pc^aiile events
which have an ©tfecl on the run-
ning of a program, as a computer
can only malce the correct deci-
sion if it he£ all tttfi necessary
information.

Also, referring to the shOOtt^
dowm ot Korean Airlines flight
007 . the passenger let . this event
OOCuned five years ago, riot
thfBB. I would like to point out
also ttvat n was stwt down by a
Mi^ Vassily Kasmin in a SuKhoi
SU-21 Ftigon-F jet fighter and
tt\at the RiOBlans' software was
ir>deed not hopal^sly slow in
response ajnd murderously
stupid. If you do not tielieve tn^
gel l&sue 3 of Tako Off
magazine.

However, due to lt>e wit con-
tained in the story of ttie angry
unemployed man in h^ Quest of
revenge against a second-gen*
eratDpn industrial rotxit. and in
the quotation by Malcolm y.,
1 965, 1 imow I will be unatMe to
slop myself buying the nei^t

CRASH Christrnas Special 1 968 1 65

iasue of CRASH, etspedaiiy
since I hope to find my tetter in it!

What mof e can \ say
SKCdpt , , , the ni0w reviews kK>k
great, the competition prii&s are
ainazjng and I: canl wait to get
the next issue of CRASH.
Sean Barry, Mitchetstown,
County Cork, Eire

PS: I 'd better say HI f to wvfyom
who 1< no ws me or my tffa wi 1 1 not

be woiTtti living,

It probably isn'l: after tIckJng
off Mel Oroucher anyway.
I a0re« with you that it't
really programmers and not
computerswIiichBretoblame
lor 'computer disasters' - tHrt
sometimes, mind you, It isn't
even the programmers them-
selves, lt*e th* peopta who
give them the specification of

What the software stwukl do.

You can't expect an expert
pTogrctmmer to also he an
expert in military strategy; tie
has to be told about Itiat t>v the
soldiers.

As for the case of Kenji
Urads, If there^a any blame h:
should surely fvet with man-
egemeni who may not have
adequately taught their
employees tiow to deal with
the robots.

That iincident reminded mtt
of the liim VVestworld, whtcfi
you may have saen - where a
DiarteylaFid-liike entertarrt-
ment park is 'manned* by
robots wliich go berserk.

And yes, Mel was detinttely
wrong about the date of tt>e
Korean shootdown.

LM

ORIGINAL SINS

DearUoyd

Tm wrttir>g mainly tocntlcisaa
faw points raised by Andrew
Chapman in Ns article Seen it
AlU, Done It Ail in Issue 57. He

seems to be blindly in favour of
originality [although he does
remark that some original games
aran*! too hot) with a few excep-
tions.

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One of these quoted was
UndiufTj, as he said that Jt was
the best plao-view shoot'-ein-
Up around. By thts. I take the
impljcatjon that Mr Chapman is
saymg ' Unaium is the tiest, so
why bother with any othefs?'

UndiufTJ was cedainiy not (he
first pSan-vtew shooter, so if
someone had said the same
about earlier games then it mighi
not have come alon^,

I read somewtiere (can't
remember whem, «Kact!lV) that
there are only seven ideas for a
game, i don't think there is 3uch
a thing as total originality: evert
DriWef and Dark Side are , essen-
tiaiiy, collect -em ups in 3-D,

The look of an idea may
change, giving it an original
^pearance. but this is ptjrely
aesthetic and should not $way
anyone's judgement. Head Over
Heels wasn't all that different
from Knight Lore, Aiien S and a
load of other isoTT>etric games m
appearance (although the
graphics were better), but It is
Sufficiently var>ed and playable
to be great fun.

f think there's rio point in
cri ticising software companiee
for producing the same types of
garr^es over and over again.
They're In the busindds to make
money, not to make peopbe
happy, and they otiviousiy
wouldn't Slid churn out shooter
after shooter if the public weren't
imsfested.

Finally. I thought the PC Show
was a bit flat: everyone's show-
ing videos and what have- you
for their Chnstmas bk5ckbus-
ters. but there seem to be ^fery
few games actually finished. I
think the Show should be moved
to lt>B end of lyovember. as tt>e
Christ mas oish will be wetl under
way and the public will be able to
see the stuff coming out, rather
than iust gawp at the arcade
machine/film flic.

f wan Dalton. Irvine. Ayrstitts

Are E wanew staff writer cf do
you just like ^^nding letter^?

'Originality' is a much-mis-
used word. Of course the IdN
of a shoot- 'em«-up isfi*t or)gi>
nal,biit the way it's
implemented can be orfginM.

And just as you say, Dnfl$r
and Dark Side don't have origi-
nal plots -they }ust present an
old ■game form in a very n«w
way.

If orlflrnality was the only
basis on which we judged
things, we would hav6 throigi
OLTt Shakespeare's plays long
ag o (no d Dub t pleasi ng to any-
one studying English)] Ttt«y
were al( based on old, tarrtiir
plots even 400 years ago. bul
Stwkeepeare managedtopn-
t*nt - wr^te - them in a mucli
better way.

To go a bit further ahead In
history H thts obsession wW
originality is a pretty recent
disease. Until the 19th cen-
tury, old-fashioffed was
regarded as good whii«
poople tuimed their n oses i<i
at rjew, drfterent things - in
music, writing and so on, at
least. And ttw nama would
have been true of Spectrum
games ff they'd had them,

tet's hope for a cure 'nx^o-

Aa f or the PC Show , I ha k t! r,
say t agreed with you {and th*
ottters who wrote on tfiit s^
jedj . . . partly. The Uq
releases are getttr>g later we
later every year, which en«ant
there aren't so many availjUi
at the Show,

&ut on balance I prefened
ttM new Earls Court hail to tht
old Olympia site, and tfvtrt
were certainty some beautiU
stands this year. Did yau
notice the Psion one just
inside ttve main entrance?

ml

Wh«FW - bI! that erudition makes ma tJr*d. Tim* for a cup {!f
cocoa and a quick scan of the Daily Telegraph belo^e
grartdnra steals the TV page. 1 seem to hav« spent mo ^ :'
my time lately cycling between the cottage and tfie Tow.
but as winter draws on in my remote pari of the Welsh bv a
hills that will have to stop.

Ed is trying to persuade me to buy a car, but I don't hs.-^
any patience with the things. Thayr« almost as bad as its . j
processors.

Why is everyone so mad about state-of-the-art techno n?.
these days? All I really need is a bicycle, a Spectrum, anu k.^
old Hermes, for answering letters on.
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COMPUTERS IN TV

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It wasn't so very fong ago, that the averagi
member of the great televisiorr-viewing pubic
couldn't have told a computer from the back«nd
of a number 92 bus. But nowadays computers »i
not confined nnerely to helping put programme;
together, they are also becoming the stars of tin
shows. Roving CRASH reporter IAN PHILLIPSOh
investigates . . .

1 68 CRASH Christmas Special 1 9&e

Now 1^©f © are ttiose
in the t^teviston
worid Who regard
most of the viewing
audience of Britai/i
witiH a certain
degrse of disdain,
pertnaps in ttie same
way thai the tabloid press can
occasFonaJly' adopt a patronis-
ing air lOHArard theif read^r^ip.

Ttie pfogfamn>e-n^akers
could argue thai anything (bat
inlHSrlered with the frothy stream
of continuous wali- to-wall
gameshows was likely to get
short shriti- Viewers, so that
argumant goa^, would much
prefer to s«e how Mavis
LttHeJQhn of Uppef PoppMofi
i,id been made a fool of herself
fOf half an hour, spelled her
name oorractty after the second
alterrpl and thereby defeated
the show's 1 50 other oo^iles-
tan Is, to wi^ri 3 magnriicenl prize
on Robert's Just A P&nny Short
of a Full HOOS& Ganw.

What is more gameshow's
happen to be reifllivaly cheap
teieviston. Perhaps this rrtay
Overstate the case a little,
perhaps riot, but it Often taJtes a
pretty strong programme to get
aiinger ontoihai remote control
and turning to a decern ' prog-
ramme.

The Latest genre to feel the tug
of the okJ micro-circLfils. ROMs
and RAMs. ts the world of thnl-
lers. pertifips the area of broad-
casting in whkch British TV can
be seen at its best.

Moles in a hole

At or>e time the bevy of excelteht
aCtors^ and actresses, mood
oozi ng lighting , and sharp direc-
tion would have been expended
upon the tortuous antics of
spies-

The series and shows would
have been of tfie ilk of Smitgy's
People, Tirtksf, Taifor. Saldm
Spy, Mbile, or sorr^e other plot in
which oW- faced, grey- hatred
men talk Incomprehensibly for
ever about other old-faced,
grey- half ed men. who were on
the 'other s(de".

But all of this was becoming a
little stale. Anthor^ Cavendrsh,
himself a loiTner spy. sees that
the opportunities for spy-based

TV serlafs is limited, with the
traditional sceoarxjof molK
intilirating the system ajTti &«(
hunted, done to death. ThisloK!
of thing htad been around fisr
goodness knows fx)w long *\ ?a
form of old black and wtirte
movies, in which heroes Stont
around war-tom Beriin loolif
permar>ently perplexed.

No, something else was
needed. Something thai lapfic
a modem iherne, Ixit still coUe
cany witfv it ervxig^ mystor).
Computers - Ihey were the ■»
wer. Now every seif-respect*!;
thnller - well every tbnlief
searching tor a degree o! svee
cred, that is - seems to ha¥»t
computer elernsnt to it.

Electnc avenues

Thinkirtg about rt superfK^,
computers reaily shYouldn't l«;
much of a look-in when A corw
to being out there, in front o<t«
camera lerts. Mo^ of them
wouldn't win any prizes m i
t»eauty com est and contrar, ^
earty sci-fi 6- movies fhey dor'
appear to tie do^ng v^ m/t
(rarefy even flashing e light
though sorntttHDes a printer
might chum out a raem or twocf

They merely ^ on someom)
desk, churning out numiwrMM
words, controlling often mun-
dane functions. Even the Idea
computer plonked upcwi a (Ml
would be pretty bonng view^
to all but the riKJst obse^^ t
computer junkies,

But computers have rnow)
and are moving into the wortjt*
T^i thnller and for several wrj
good televisual reasons.

Month by month , year tiy p(,
more and more people tmn
educated in the ways ot con»>
puters. At one time they wst
devices 1o be haridled only df
tfiose with universjty-gafflC
oomputer skills. But rxjw Ihm
ptastic tioxes are i^ed in mA-
less offices, factories and honi
[the Confederation of BriS*
Irxiustry - CBl - forecasts liw
by 1 9^ 4 rrHlLion people wibt
working from f>on>e using kt
puters and ttie phonehnej Tea
a compute, illitersle In the 'ivr
coming world will shut off
potential avenues.

1

d

I r?>e One 6dnw't Stephen Dillon encountered blj.id mdji.f hcndof
tec?

Toothers wtKj don't knowv tine
first thtf>g about them, com-
puters 3till have a clinical mys-
ienousness 1 hat onty adds to th^
4ama of a pf ogwrHre, as long
IS people don't fe«l th^y are
having thQ wool pulled over their
tye, and being bllnd^ by set-
ffice. So what we have is a world
r vitiicti more and more people
m booomfng knowlocfgeable
iiout computers atvi abte to
inderstand the jargon and s^'
Bl6c«noeof actions in a tecftnoF-
ogyHsneniated TV ptot.

The second, and probably
(jnmefeason producefs pfck up
on the computer wtxld relates
ncKsomuchthe what oompulera
n. but wtiat ihey can do.

Corks in Zanzibar

AsQveryone readii%9 this
taga/ine knows, essantisNy
fiompoieirs are very useful \n
generating and transmttting
ntofmaiiort, and; as we all know ,
Mornation Technology (IT) is
(WbuZ2 wOfd of the momBTrt^
Computers and computer sys-
)tfm create ttKise very condi'
tons thai make ror good thnters
somebody tnes to <lo some-
Img. somebody else tries to
Mop them. In tt>e words ot one
nnymous writer for television
, Jfl television fitm there's
af*lf one plot , Tt>ere' s a guy in
Jteabar with a cork up hi^ bot-
tom There's only one goy in the
wrld wt>o can get rt out and he
ikes in Newark . New Jersey . We
fund the next fifty minutes
»»ng ihe second guv tiQhting
(pvwhelmir^g odds to reach the
before he dies o1 toxic

^SOning. QK?'

Perhaps the context maybe
slightly different, a few twists
here, a lew twists there, tiut
basicafly it's tt>e plot you'll find in
cornputer thnllers, Simple isn't
it.

An you have to do is look at the
stories brealking in the quality
[iress, let ahKve in the rarlfled
atmosphere ot the trade and
technical pra» and you can see
opportunities for future prog-
ramme makers and writers.

The comteoiporary world can-
not function wittxxJt computers,
but their r^cn-rtuman elerrwnt,
their ability to dO tJitrigs quickly,
their skill in 'not maiung mis-
lakes' whidi ara tntk strengths
are also ihet weakn^ses.

Duodenal ulcers

These days the scope *or (hie
computer-based programrrie is
vast, there are jusi so many
applications for computers in
the modern wortd: At the tiegjn-
njfig ot the year such a quality
paper as The Sunday Time*
was ruruiing a slory headlined
'Computers hit by mystery bug"
-the virus, that can tw acJded to
a computer by by diaaHectad
empk>yees or saboiam that,
will eat at a computers very
heart and soul, eventually turn-
ing it into a metaUk: corpse. Data
is destroyed, information oor-
rupte<5, systen^ break dowTb,
deals are lost weapons gui-
dance systems go down. Chaos
reigns.

RememtN&r, computers
-run the financial world, shifting
billions oi dollars pounds, francs
ar>d DoutschmarKs across Oonti -
nents, between one account and

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another in less than the blinking
of a gnat's eye and as easily as
moving a feather, The share
crash in America lest year is said
to be in pa/t the result of ' prog-
rammect trading' - oomputers
spot minor, but profitable, fluc-
tuations in share pnces and btitz
in with numerous trades;

- can be used to manipulate and
instantly recall vast quantittes of
informal km on any individual:
Government departments to
coitoct, store, coiateand
analyse the vast quantities of
information upon all of us which
corrw from tfwir official forms. To
many thai information can t3e
damaging, when correcl, but
often ii is far more damaging lor
peof^ wtien that inf omnation a
wrong. ArKJ ant|r<x>e who Ntt
tned to correct erroneous irrfor-
matton held about them on com-
puter knows |ust how difficult
that can be to do.

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- contrd a country's military
defer^e system because the
response tin-ie required is too
fast for the human twain to lake
in all of theinformafkon and reach
the correct conclusion, the
trouble is very often nefther do
computers Periodically we car
read newspaper reports of how
due to computer error we came
almost to tfie bnnk of a new
world war.

- large and small companies use
them to make business deci-
sions wf>ere millions of pounds,
thousands of jobs and count less
anxiety induced duodenal ulcers
are at stake.

Computers are powerM end
getting more powerful by the
month, and those ttiat control
them nn have awesome power
too, and power eomjipte. Greed,
chms, mor^, njthlessnefls are
its consequence No wonder
they became grist i o 1 he TV mill.
With all of these implications ttie
seeds o1 a new thnller series are
sown,

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Porcine and
bespectactdd

Two programmes wens cfeaied
at about thd same time, appew
to tiave spawned the genre of
computer thnilers. The Contul-
tartt based upon the book by
John McNeUartd starring H^eJI
Benoet, eKplored the pos-
sibrlities of compwrter fragd,
^\ tuch jn the eajly Eighties was
iust appearing. The premise of
the programme was simpte,
«iitiat happens If the compjter
f 1 pert you send in to invastlgate
;.ur3imuter fraud IS beni himself?

But it 13 Blfd of Pray which
made the First real impact. It
appeared upon our screons on
1 ApHl 1982. but certainly H
jjf oved to t>e no Apri! fod }oke,
as ft tsecaine an urtexpected
winner in tfieraltngs list Again it
was a series that k»ohed at fraud,
this time upon a European scale-
Porcine and bespectacled
FU<^ianl Qriffttha took the lead,
operating as an adequate, but
not brilttant computer SKpert.
Griffiths becomes convinced of
htssupenof 's willingness to dip
into the kitty. That Knowledge
puts not or>ly his life, but those
who know him. at rak. The
dramatic quality of the show, its
acting and haunting theme
n^usk: against a backdrop of a
woif working its way «ver ci096r
ID a victim in computer game
maze unsurpnsingly led to ttw
sequel. BittI of Pny 2,

Thus (1 was really BtrdofPrey
that opened up the r^eid. and
revBttiad IhepbssitiiiitiQs of
computers f onning the structure
for a mainstream TV prog*
ramme. The series was a hit. It
proved to the generpi pubMc and
probably more Ifnpor^ntt^ to the
TV programmers , ttiat com-
puters could be tntef ©sting and
cduJd fomi a good basis lor our
even rng viewing.

Psfhaps It didn't natter too
much if not all of the audwice
understood all that was going
on. That never stopped Ttnker
Tailor. Sofdter, Spy with all of ila
intricacies being compulsive
watching for milltons. Good act-
ing ar>d writing, the pace of the
direction and the flow of the
programme could make up for
all ofthat.

Tt\at earty piece of computer
action has been followed in more
recent months by offeri=ng3 from
the inttependent station sol Ang-
fia, Cw^traland QranadaTelevis-
kxi.

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Explosrve computers

Anglia's M«n»c9 Unhurt, is at
heart a story of murder arid mya-
t^. It sees Ian OgMvy iVck aside

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his Saintly halo to take Of\ the
role of computer good guy Dun-
can Free, avengmg the death of
his business partner (killed by
the explosion of his sabotaged
computef ) by unraveling a cat's
cradle o1 illegal, secret deals.
Jucti Bowhar as widow of ttie
murdered computer boss.
Robert ShrtvJng, adds suitable
romantic appeal.

OgilVV himself is not com-
puter-literate and thus reveals
that altitude with which he wenl
into the series, the secnat of
loohing as i1 ij^ou know what
you're doing with a keytioard is
just to move your fingefs over it
very quickiy'.

(Thje onnly toout>ble with
do»ng Ihuws las thaty jn real lifew
you caab makew a tew misitak-
leks.}

The message, if there is one.
from this three-pah senes is that
an individual can so easily be
pinned like a tHjitterfiy by ttie dis-
torted arid comjpt use of infor-
nution twld about ttwm. With
databases becoming ever nriore
rnassive, and accessible by sec-
ret services and business
empires alike - no-onre is truly
safe,

numbingly complicated-

Fairting has been using Ravoi
3 - a fifth generation cofnpMtir,
'fast, intuitive, unbeiievabte . . .
the best' whk:h he manages tc
divert.

Fairiing's aim is basically sir»-
pie. 1 o I ntf oduce complex codM
- tr>e Paradise Program - that
would break down the lo^ ^fi*
terrts of the large megacomfhit-
©fs of the superpowers, he
decided to try and drive a com-
puter mad", In this aim he ts sup-
ported by (eft^wirig terrorists an)
activists.

Ar>d as Home Office bc^s
Clive Rawiinson puts it, 'The
position here is tfiat Ihismenyit*
tie band of anarchic lunattcais
now running around wifh the
world's cleverest computer and
ore of the few men in itue oounfipy
who actually knows how to un
the damned thiing. '

As an anonymous CaJifomian
programmer puts it, "To err is
human, bi4 for a real major
league cock-up you need a cani'
puter,"

Max f^nes. arakictaft invet-
tigator is preSQured Into Mint
ttie case by the Horrve Office -
He's obsessional, depressive.

Ten» City ^oion in mpe Out

Insane computers

Wip«out IS Granada's contribu-
tion to tfie computer TV ihrifler.
screened this summer. Scientist
John Fairting is researching unto
artificial intalliger>ce and the
human mind at a high security
prison,

Anotoccws,

The subsequent ertqui/y is
told thai a 'deliberate attempt
tias been maite to warp ttie per-
sonalities' of the prisonen.
What's moreFaiifirkg^ffljsilnfi.

Not only has h» gorie w^kab-
out, but he has electronically
'ghosted' Nmself, hawing
hacked into every databank in
the UK and erased all of the files
held upon him.

Add a linkage to undefworfd
ngure Harry Kaylan , antis deal -
ing and b^g business, and ttiirtgs
are beginning to get mir>d-

verging on the par anotd, ineihir
words he's exactly what wp '
want len McElhinr>ey lakes m«
role.

▼ Whatdoyoum««nitw«<t't
run M»nk Minm7 - Wtpt Om

tl Rar«« gats hold ot the pfog-
1 wn. but dlecides net to hand il
: . ef to his bcfises. Instead he
ines to discover its secmts him-
ttH, M this point he becomes
w^ihjs lo Home Office require-
(mnts-

Survivng their attempts to
daposeof him. Raines gets to
Mrilng, who h^s already sta nee
lijldlng the Paradise Prograrr
irioOritain's milita/y cofnmuni
cations system. At a crucial
rnoment his efforts are jammed
gwxig armed troops the 1 ime
tiey need to break into Fairiing'a
twnker, slau^htef nearty
iveryorte there artd save th$

Computerized
Nobbits

Central TVs 1988 four pan
senes, Th* On9 Qvnm. doesn't
iQofc at such b^g issues as the
other programmes, taking
tw^ down to a more personal

It's bitted^ as a new form of ta^e-
vjsjor^ drama by the station - a
toitasy Ihrili^. And what isa fat-
taiy thf illef^ Let I he show's pfo-
dbcer Detdre Keir explain: To
me It means br ainache. To
Cfwta The OiW Game we brol^e
down tjamers between straight
forward thnllers and surreal fan-
Ivies',

Ttie plot of 7?iei On& Game
begms with a ' simple ' connputei
f'uud Sometime between df ink-
^^ his evening Ovaltine and
fluizling rhe morning cornflakes
C? rniMiOn disappears from ttie
itek account of a games com-
pany owned by Nick Thome.
Poetic justice pert^ps for
Thome (played by Stephen DIU
iani who h^ nppied off a lot of
fpvnet inwentors lo generate
Ehat rtow wanished weaiih.

But Ihe situation is just a little
more senous, for someone is
playing with the firm's com-
puters. ' Nick'. Ketr continues,
'discovers thai hiB former pari -
fier Magnus (the escelleni Pat-
rick Malahiide - Mender' s frus-
traied inspector Chisholm) has
Krthim a senes of games to play.
Hhlch he calls Ths One Oame. '

'Magnus hias decided Ihat
people shoukl get up from ttietr
jam&s boards and computer
terminais and play games in real
He. The problem for Thorne is
that he doesn't know who is and
mho isn't a player. A man in the
street might be a tiystander or he
cwkl be a ptayer with a weapon
irtiertiiscoat'.

This IS the 'ultimat$ r^aHty
game' and Ttv)me*s parlictpa-
tion in It is ansufOd by the kid-
napping of his wife and the
EOboiage of his business. (For

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Patrick Malahtde at the mean and avenging Magnu» in Centfal's
f he One Game

Ihoseof you with a liktng lor his^
lory/myth. The One G&tne was
b^ed by its wnter, iJohn Brown,
or^ the t^end of King Arthur}.

Retarded computers

Though some good series, even
excellent ones {6>rdofPr9^
fiave been created, as yet the
comixiter thnller is still really in
its infancy, and paradoxically
enough that's where it might
stay A child thai never grows up.

With computers now rathter
everyday things, aJmost mun-
dane pieoes of equipment, prc-
ducSTB rnay look to incorporate
ttiem into a wide range of prog*
ramn-ies, rather than using ihem
as a central theme. The spy> gov-
emn>ent investigator or
saboteur will use them lo heip
him pe<form his task, but ttue
computers will be only tools.
mentioned ar>d seen in passing.
If ttiait happened computers wiEl
be re^joed from sian-ing parts
to walk on roles. But. if the
advances in computers gather a
pace and if the viewing public
become booked on the
■ l<ey board and boxes*, wtio
knows perhBfM we'll tw t^earirtg
pleas on Pofttts of View, more
computers on TV - please,
PLEEESE

But prot>ebty in the wiKls of
Ootdars Green at this very
momer^t sit a horde of balding
whtefs, huncfied over their word
processors, carving out frrah
scenario after fresh acenarto ail
Bet to make ttvat tt>eory wrong.
Looking forward, the strajghtfof -
ward crimir>al eiement may well
to aia^geeKt^it be rea>ovefrom
foflhcoming sehes in which
computers piay big roles, The
world of mediciina - ustrig com-
puters to dtagnose rrwdical
proWems and give out th8 bad
new; and the tinandd worfd,
especially after last year's crash

are the rnost likety targets.

As scripts beconrte lear>er. less
wordy, Ifi© demand for action
t>ecome3 greater. The visual
image does so much without the
actors. Perhaps this points for-
ward to the udirriiate computer
thnller. when not only are com-
puters and what they can do an
integral part of the plot, com-
put ers themselves lake all of the
parts and no human actor or
actress struts the boards.

Bui as w ith many other 1 hings .
cost more than public opimon
and creative desire may be itw
limiting factors. A computer thnl-
ler. along with any ottier drama.
could cost C200.000 or so . .
an HOUR' Compared totbe £2^0
30,000 spent per hour on sport
that comes pretty expensrve,

However, with the growth of
sateMite tvoaidcasting and cable
TV. there is an insauab le need for
more and more programmes, to
add to the four channels' pre-
sent we^ly output of 525 tvours
or so.

So, rf you think thai you know
erK>ugh about computers or can
find out erKHigh. and thmk you
can pan a good yard, why not
bombard tf>a BBC or JTV with a
script or two. Who knows, you
might not get an acceptance
straight away, but if you can
come up with the goods. I for
one would not mind seeing a few
more good computor thhilars On
TV,

But heed well ttie words of
Michael Warirtg. producer of
Bird of Prey, 'You can't sell thesi''
programmes (computer Thn tters ;
on technical issues alone. As
with any drama, you need a
hurrtan dimension to rake you
through the story*.

So why not load up those WP
packages or lust use a noteboot^
and pen and get scnbblrng.
You've got to start some-
whera .. .

A Thtre aren't any rukf. You
could b« f>)ay^rt9 every
minute of the day and not
know it

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Ml, THERE Im
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ITS SHOW TIME

First off hwe' s my account of the
^CShow, written at 1:t 5am on
Uie foNowing Sunday rrxxnmg.
'<nd I was c«flainly rjght about
ine scene at LJvefpool Lime
Stfeei SiathOfi, Loads of PC«f3
all jumping on the 07: 1 to Lon-
dom Eu&ton. I got chatti.ng toa, bt
of them ovef a BR Bacon/Let-
tuce/Tomato sandwich (never
aqain!) arvd thiey alt were tiappy
. m both miy articles and the

ig as general. (I'm surprised

-jy knew who you were - Ed ,} A
ti\q HI to them! Once there I
dashed for the T«|«fn8p stand
Td see what Ihey had to ofter .

The ftrsi person I met was the
one and only Davd RosenlDaum
(Ta-Daa!), he being lt>e public
relations k^nd Chl guy! I was pre-
sented with a smaJl press pack
and tO)d of th$ latest eKpan9i0rv$
o! what must be the rrost suc-
cessful Eoglrsh communications
groiup, Here's what I disco-
vered..,

Fifsi, two Hems that will be of
ktniled interest to most of you.
TgJwfiap are laundnng a r>ew
tusiness servica callec! tnter^
busins^. It's die^cribed aa *a
unique online advice service for
thebusiness user'. Tejemap has
itnktd up With the Legal Protec-
tKMl Qroup 1o provide a tearr of
specialists wbo wiH answer
{Questions on taxatfon, law ar>d
ismptoymeni. All you have to do
:• send a question and ttie reply
A.iJ be sent wrthm 24 hours' The
^irvice wtll aJsQ provide articles
(jn curr^l busmfrSS topics and
techniques to aid the up-and'
coming btjsmesafnan (like
irtyMH). ThCfflie will cover most
gspecta from finance to sales.

"Existing ontae service are
aimed at specialist martlets",
sa*d Gerard Richardson. Busi-
ness Development Director of
Teiemap Group. ' ini^riMsstrwss
13 drtiefent, it IS a small service,
of interest to everyone in busi^
ness from (tie small
businessman without easy
access, to ate.am of speciatist
advisers, to a manager in a com-
pemy who rveeds to know the
latest market developments- '
The service is due to be
launched in the late Autumn,
more details of costs, etcwrieni
know . , ,

The next item is 1 6-bil
(arrgghh!') but does contain
some 8'bil (hurrah^) news as
well. M4cran«l IS settir»g up a
gateway (an all-formats stoce
selling lotis of veg and groceries?
- Edj for lelesoftware so they
can offer it FREE (yippee) The
tHggest news, however, is that
MiCfonet are offering tor the first
time. l6-bi1telesoftwarn!' Again,
for free' Q-bit software is also
included in ttw new service, but
Micronet are really exerted about
the 1 6-bit offarf (So are you. tf the
number of excitamation marks Is
anything to go by, Paul - Ed,J
'With the wide range of free
downloadable software now
available on our weekly online
magazines dedicated to these
nt^^hirtes, Micronet offered Die
most comprehkBnsive service for
the 1&-t>tt u&er.' raved Mlk*
Brown, Technical Director of
TetemapQroup.

GOLD SHADING

Now on to something that never
seems to slop growing -
Shaded That ewr- popular
multiuser game is spreading
like crary^ Now ct's available on
Tftkecom GoVd. For thie first time .
Gold's 105,000 subscribers
hawB a cha nee to jOin in E urope ' s
most popular <»nline adventure
What's more, it costs no mora to
use al peak hours {8am-7pm)
than the standard Qdki charge
Of 6'-^ a minute. When off-peak
thiere is a surcharge of 41*p par
minute on top of the 2p per

minute Gold charge. The ^unch
onto Telecom Gold means that
the game can now be playad at
300. 1200/75, 1200 and 2400
baud rates.

Also, don't f Of gel tfiei Sftades
IS available to non-subscribers
as well by phoning
0898 10 (^SO. but watch the
phone bill (25p off-peak. 38p
peak),

JohnTomsny, Managing
Director of Teiemap Group, says
'Shades is a proven success
story with users already clocking
up over 4OO0 hours per v^eeh
through MJcror>et. Prestei and
the 0896 network. By going onto
Te<ecom Gold we are doubling
the potential user base, which
not only makes sound commer-
cial sense, but can only add to
the excitement of tfte game'.

Well, wilJ (i be long before
EVERYOfVE IS piaying Shades?
Anyway , watch out for the latest
advertising campatgnf

PARLEZVOUS
FRANQAiS?

Tirtally, Tetemap Group is
launching a secorid sister com-
pany m France. Already, users in
ftaiy ha ve been able to sf^are the
wonders of Micronet m a sumilar
versKxi called Lasemet, The
new company, Telemap SAAL
IS based in Pans and is Launching
a Fcench version of Micronet
onto Mlnltel, the French equiva-
lent of Presiei

Minitet IS one of the biggest
computer onlir>e databases,
having lour million (ermlrutls
throughout France. Ks growing
popularity is due to strong gov-
ernment support, which we are
sadly lacking m this country,
Micronet claim to be bulid^ng
themselves up to dofnlnale the
n^arket when the deregutotion of
Europe takes place in 1992,

"Franca presents a maior
opportunity for Tetentap Group,

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 1 75

nid John Tomany (talkative ie\-
low, Isn' t he!) , ' Desf^e ihe huge
nyinber o1 users, and the range
o1 sdfvic^ already found art
Minitet, we havQi developed a
numb^ of advajiced pf oducts
which will be new to Ihe Frefwh.
Telomap Qroup intends to
becoTDe a ma(Of player ^n the
Ff Bfich vidoote^t market- ' Pow-
erful stuff, eh? Guees what the
fffst Telemap pncKfuct on Minrtel
wiii be? Yep. ShaO^

tf you warn more inforniaiion
ofi Micf onet. write to Tetwnap
Qroup Lid, Ourt«nt House, 8
Herbal Hi! f. LONOOH
ECiFSEJ ^01 278 3143

AND NOW FOR
SOMETHtNG ELSE

Thai's ail Lph^i'i^j ifom Tfiiemap
Group. Now il'i indie time.
Whilst browsing amortg the vari-
ous muni'Stands for usec-groups
t finally came across deiait Of
the database that f et»r Gisbrlftl
(who I d id f mally get to see at ttw
Amnesty conced) and Howard
JonM Ha'we helped to set up.

H'b <alled GreenNet. arvd
describes rtseif as "The global
network for environment. Peace
arid Human Flights'. It allows you
to commun kcat e , share inlorma -
tion, pool resources arKj plan
events with indlvkjuals and
groups anywtvef © in I tie worid. It
aJsohasan international bulietin
board and maiibox system so
you can easily find inf ormation
on anything from acid rain to the
SDi System! The system claims
lo be cheap to UM, blowing you
to aend teleKSS anywtiera in the
wodd fcx only p«noe pof page, U
aEso provides a wide range of
services dwdgnttf sp«cWcally to
mMft ttie nMida of envtronment
and peace groups.

GfeenNet is a non-profit
organuatton and part of thft
A^ociation for Progre^ive
Communications, giving access
to Peaa^ei EcoNet, GeoNet.
tnterDoc and PoptBt. It rei«as on
donalions to keep running, as
well as subscriptions, of course.
As for costs, it's free to join, but
yOM have to make a E^O deposit
against your firsi few bills. Sub-
scriptions are £5 a month and
connection costs 9p a minute.

UK electronic mail i^ free, and a
200 word message to the USA
costs only 50p' So, what does
the great man think?

Infomation isptower Much
of tfie information ngivolution
grew in the womb of Ihe milrtary
and the multinationals. Us time
to lake It mto the hands and
homes ol the people and to
make it very socMaibto to those
working to improve the world.
GreenA^dMMvasto si>cceed, '
Peter Gabriel was heard to utter.
(And all in one day. That rmjst be
a miracle.)

To gat an appi ic at i on form,
wnie lo QrwmnNot 26 Undtr^
WOOd$tr6«U LONDON
N1 7JQ, «01 490 1^10. I'll find
out rnore for a full revie^w on the
subject.

Besides the things I have
metitioned, there was very tittle
going on in the comms world at
ttie show, unlike last year.
CiubSpot 810 were showing off
there latest databases for Pre-
atel, as wel4 as advertising the
biggest adventure meet yet (a
job for Samara there' ) How ever,
most of itve comms areas were
aiming at the business market,
hope there's a bit more leisure
next year!

MOAN, MOAN,
MOAN!

I've rece«ved a letter from ons
Pt)ilip Gretm from Rotterdam
wt>o supports my hatred of junk
mailboxes (see Issue 56). He lists
ht$ many comptfkints of the
Dutch viewdata systems on
which ha receives a lot more |unk
mail than usi However, some of
the mail is of dubious content
and this has resulted in Philip
banning his son from toggmg
and collecting nf>essage:s. He
said that thue service planned to
introduce a System preventing
junk rrtail ben ng received . . . bul
a year on, nothing has hap-
pened. Thanks for tt>emaJl.
Philip. I cenainly agree with yxnur
complaints and will asit Preset
about ii for next monih"s issuft.
As for modems, I intend to have
a look at thko field soon but as you
pointed Out, the scope is very
limited, especially for Ihe 48K
machines. In the rrveantime. 1

second Philip's motion - junk
mailbox the Prestel Cusiomer
Services with complaints I really
am sick of these mailboxes!
But enough moaning, I've
been waffling on for ag«s about
con^XJting areas on Micronei
and Prestel , but rarety m«niion
the normal habits of your aver-
age teenagef. Music, films,
nightlife etc. So . how can Prestel
help?

ET AL II

Let's start ttw music. How does
your averagei heavy metal nutter
enjoy him<^On Micronet. We<ll,
there's an ideal section called
Aard Rock (♦aard#}. It's a gen-
eral music area, content stmc-
ture being similar to 20th Cen-
fury Hamster {a games/competi-
tkjfi base). The main menu pre-
sents all the features you would
expect to find: a lop ten of ang-
, les and albums, reviews* news,
videos, features and competi-
tiortg. (I entered a competition lor
a pair of J M Jarre tickets, and
didn't win.)

The section's well laid out and
colourful. Problem is rt suffers
badly from updating (for
instance i it's now mid-Ck^lober
and ttte charts were last updated
diving Septemt™, fj However, it
does contaiin a w>d6 range <A
interesting features (such as
group biographies and gig
guides) and there's even aMtors
section . The name Aard f^Kk is
slightly inisleadir>g as you

SHADES

'Sh<^dei; has becofne a way of life for iW users ....

it has created it's own universe" - Paul Evans -
Crash

( )rdindry adventure ^ames just won't feel the same
again, when you've played Shades - THE mulli
user adventure game.

1 76 CRASH Christmas Special 1 BB8

do IS gel comfy with a few carts
of Coia and type away] There's ^
good chatline, agony aunt page,
not -so serious agony aunt paga,
news, Eetiers and gmral ab(M
of all ttiat Prestel stands for mor-
ally' Meets are often held arourxi
Britain (London mostlyj which
involve va^l amounts of aile
quatftng (And no, I'm not telling
N ick Rotserts where they are. ) Tc
Jpin. you twre to register after
m ttri^ i it . Jtrat type *tmmc *
{Th« Midnight Micronener's
Clut!) and watch the fun unfai
before your eyes!

THE LAST OF THE
DINOSAURS

Included among this month's
letter is an interesting one fronn
Mr K McOatmott who owns a
ZX Speclrym 1 6K jihey Still
exi$t?) end wants to know if a
VTX modem will run on it wrtti no
problems. In answering this
c^jestton, there's good news and
bad news. Tile good news IsM
you can use the VTK completely'
safely with a i 6K and enjoy
Micnonet to tfie full. The bad
news is ttiiat you will have to pul
up with the rather naff terminal
software held in the RO*p*. My
advice is to get a48Kandbuya
copy of VDf E<iitor (avaiiab*e on
Teiesoftwam) which is a iai
supttior package i ncludmg edit-
mg and mailbox ing faci'liti^s
Otfl^l Contact Micronet for
more details^ They offer tree

A Priim'i VTX 5000; the only clioite for your Spectrum (16«
induded)

expect a fieavy rrietai sectk^n.
Still, try It!

Ok, what's next? If you like
films then you've come to ttia
right place. There are many
database on 1h« system> for film
buffs ol all breeds! Try A'films*
or * cinema # and you're away!
Details can be sought on the
latest releases and where
they re showing. Some cinemas
even allow you to book tickets
online'

Ntghtirte? Loads! Many details
can be digested all about night-
life -only in and around London.
i^adly. And then there's the only
online nighlclub! All you hiave to

modem deafs with most yearly
subscnptkons.

Well, that s all lor nowf I'lliM
you next month, when you miflN
get to see a picture of my bed-
room -cum-officeM If you want lo
prevent this tern lying expose, or
iust l«t off Steam about tt>e
comms workj in gerteral, then
why not write toor MBX me? M;
MBX number is 219995412 and
to send a letter, just use the
CRASH address' Tha!';; P«y1
Evans, Comms, CRASH, PO
Bom 10, LUOLOW, Sffroft^tlm
SYS tOB. See you neict month
and Happy Chnstmasf

'

(

BEGINNER'S
GUIDE TO

PBM

To complement this month's Introduction to
RPG, IAN LACEY has been arm-twisted into
giving an overview of PBlUf for those not
already addicted. But first, the miserable
young so-and-so has a whinge about Christ-

mas . , .

^u|f year
^1 cove

rr*S THAT time or
year«9iin, wdon^i
ihoM Annoying Gards
wHh NxTible, jckly
covef« start dogging
\^ the pott , Ttfn rgiHJfls wtlti islnd
dBodlirws aft? lost in the flood and
live PBMofs af e lof ced bach to our
cwnpuler or board roieplavino
gernea So if you're new lo the
tiQlDtiy , arxl s^id oil f ex a couple of
the cheapo games be^ow. exped
adelBy*

WHAT IS IT?

The basic concept of play t»y
mail games is simply thai you
iMTite <lown wtiat you want your
Oharactfifts) io do, lisuaUy by
filling ir> a turn sheet, th^ post A.
to Uie GM (game moder alof).
Aft^ analysing your sheet the
QM (human or computer)
dooktes what happor?s. The
results are then panted, ard

posted back, restarting (he
whole proc^^s. Game^s baaed
(jn ttiis prirjctpal have t»©en
playftd almost aiftce the begin-
nir>g of the postal sefvice. From
ches^ through to varxXiS bO<ard
garr^es lihe O^ptomacy, all marh
ner of gatn^i have been con-
verted to postal play. Soon, of
cour%. people started design-
ing theu* own games solely for
playing by mail, Chargir>g a small
fee helped pay ior the time arvd
effort Ol these designers, and
deteiTed ttme-wavteni fnessing
about wtiti the gamea. Aa the
years went on, more and more
people thought tt>al runrang a
game woutd r^oi only be ton. txrt
could be rmanclally rewarding.
And so the play by mailcompany
was bom.

Nowadays if thiere is any sort
of game you've ever fancied
playing (wtiether postaJ or nd)

you'll probably be able to find a
similar PSMgame. If you haven't
found ft yet then dont worry,
keep reading these columns and
t'm sure V\\ mention a game tfut
appeals. Alternatively you could
sefid on lore magazine which ts
dedicated to PBM (most are only
3 vai(^>te via the postal aervioe -
God t>less em - or at corwen-
tions) The beet krwwn of these
IS Flagship, which is an A4 pro-
ztne dtadicated to ptay by mail
games. It's fairfy comprehen-
SfVQ, tHit often out ol date by ttw
time tt arrives, It also cames a
rathe* tietty prnse tag -- £2 - but
in the long run ifs probably
worth it. T>ie Idlest issue is
Number 1 8 and can be obtained
form! Ftugshtp. PO Box 12,
Mdridg; WALSALL, W^st
MUtands k¥S0 orjl

Anemat i vely you ^xnkiA try one
of the two bigg«rfan2ines dedi-
cated to PBM, Firstly there's
PBM Scf^ which ts now on
Issue 6, It's 40, A5 pages long, a
little scrappy in presentation,
and ovB(T*rtced at E l Nevferthe-
less ft ck»s give an alternative*
wew of the hobby and covers
somie amateur gamaa tJwt iget
little coverage eteewh^e, Send
your cheque to to John Woods,
91 Wsndf Roed, MOftDEN,

The aeoond tanzine is slightly
harder hitting and covers a wider

range of topics. I'm not sure if I
should be mentioning this at all,
since I edit itl Judge for your-
selves, it's called Stan -Up [^ 2
Free Tumsi and Issue 1 costs CI
(overpriced? Nah!) lor 60. A5
pages. It contains PBM reviews,
Tiction aind coverage of many
otfier areas of gaming. Cheques
to Start- Up, Ocfmrd Ccttagt,
Gr00nwsys, flord^n, NOR*
WiCH, HorloOt NR15 1QL.

Magazinei arKJ columns such
as th is aren 't the only ways to get
into I he hobby TTiere are two
essociaticms which will deei with
quefies. The first is matnly
responsible tor organising don-
ventior^s . but are generally a
heipful t>unch. Ihey go by tf>e
name of The British P8M
Association, and can t>e fourxl
at 2 David Court 200
tjmfdoiwna Rosd. LondOft
N17. The [j!h€ir group iire called
the Postal Garrtien Auocla-
tton (P6A| and pf oduce a news-
lettery magazine which is very
good (A5, 44pp, 75p}. They can
be contacted vta the GM of Raid-
ers Of Gwaras, Mihe Richards
at the address tiekiw.

CHEAP GAMES!

I've tned to Hind some ganteB tor
beginners which fMve atad-up
packages weii undwES. and
turns phced at under CI .543.
Most of the games are Com-
puter Moderated (CM) because
PBM compaAles find them
easier to run. as well as mailing
them cheaper for us.

Trolls Bottonr Free start-up
with two turns Turns CI or
CI .50. CM. You take on the per-
sona of a Moon Troll in the wild
and whacky land of the title.
Good for tieginners. KJC
Games iPO Box ft, Ctenteyt,
BLACKPOOL, Lanes FYS 2UL

Cre^fpftousB. Free starl-up
with two lurns Turns 0Op. CM.
You are a Creep m a crazy
haunted house. Can you
escape'' A very different garne,
smoothly run with some hilari^
OUS turn replies Pro^act
BasJtisk, PO Box 24, Sfreef-
Kient

(MUk Start-up £2. Turns t1
(Fast - seven day turnaround),
£1 .25 (Stow - ten days), CM,
BaMd upon tfie boardgame
RtSK, but with nuclear missiles
and numerous otfier innova-
tiona, A great introduction to
PBMing and wargiarrung alike
Myalary aod Adventure
Qames, is Faifvisw crescent,
M»rrow, Mtddtosex HA2 9UB.

SkuHtwIt Ee 50 for ten games
(turns! with the possibility of
more if you make the finals. CM.
A fin variation on soccer-mar>-
agement games maktng you
head coaoh of a Skuifb^n team.
A game where the playera use
every part of thek booBes to get
tf>e ball neaf their opponents'
goal On The Brink, Brink
Hou^, iS SaMft C/ose, Crop-
twetf Bhhop, NQtHrtghatn

CRASH Christmas Special 1 9&8 1 77

NG12 3DZ

Jt^tb^tr. Start-up es.&O. Tum$
£^ .50- CM Similar incorxjept to
SkultbaU. but your team is a
grcijp of hardened )etpacke<S
thugs. anefTiptiing to t>ecomethe
champions of the gaiaxy at this
violent, futuristic spotl.
JIMWiiMs Guild, POSoJt 1 14,
KkmngUm, Oxford. OX5 IDS

RMfdun (^ Gw9ra9: Si art- up
(plus or»e lum) £3. Turris ZT 25.
HM . One of the tiesi Rolepiaying
PBMs to my mind. Unbelpavably
lorg turns , at a very tow prtce. No
other prole^Qtonal game at tfiis
quality can match Raidters on
value for money. MJRQam^, 4
Higher LkMen flo*d. f^n-
zanc9TR164NZ

CHRONICLES OF A
PBMER

Now to game iTHjch-mentioned
in prevtous ia&ues of CRASH,
Our f avourrto novica. Mf Anon.
return s to give ii9 art kfaa of what
The Chrorttcles Of The Knights
OfAvston IS really like . , .

The siait-up kit corttains a
noiWBlettef , the i>ssic rutes and
Wfous starting sneets. The
newsletter makes interesting
HMdirtg and k^eps you up-to-
dste with happenings in Avahn,
and otf>er Jacto gam^s. The
basic ruiebook (advenced
njletxxjKscost El , from turn five)
IS nicelv presented, 'designed

only to give you an Idea of the
game's mechanics, thtegame
eKpands for the playsr through
gameplay , and is desigrted for
you to discover' I don't thin J<thra
is adisadvantagen m fact it adfls
to the game , aA you are forced lo
^Kplord the game system. There
are about sistty different combi-
naltons of ordefa, but the most
commonly used are those con-
canning army movement, seltle-
ment building and expansion.

For sonie reason I missed the
first game t urn , and found that
my settlements wgrt randomly
piaced In my home province with
my armi«s fixed in them . All pro-

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vinc^ consist of a blank 10x10
0rkt with each small aquare r^sr-
MMtllf^ an area of 5kS mttes.
Thte province will tw one of the
504 which appear in the game.
While this may seem a lot. less
than half of them am habitable
due to sea. mountains, an^ the
like. You have to discover the
world around you. and your
location within it.

The gaftw pont-out 'S very
good, including reports from all
generate and setttements.

Your mam aim is to progress
from Squire to Emperor- To
achieve thrsyou nnust increase
your §ame rating and how to do
this is onty hinted at in thie
ruleixxrtc In fact AmSon would
prove wtry hard to win if you tried
to go it alone, and alliances are
vary important. Try and eKpand.
explore arxj use your initiative,
On the down side the tur-
naround, which IS supposedly
1 days, has varied from 1 to 1 5
days, leaving me vei^ iittte lime
to g&t my Qf^&^ back to Jade.

The Chronicies OfAvafon iS
one of tJh© better i ntroductions to
the world of play by rnaii . Overall
I'd give the game a good seven
out of ten,

QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS

Thanks to Stuart Btake for sinm^
good questions which I've tned
to comprehenstve^y answa'
bdow . . .

Q Whtdi 15 better, a Qomputer
or a human-mocferatfl^} ganw?
A Both tiavethm own a<tvaf\-
t&ges Compufer mod&ration i$
often vmy amicai^rd perhaps a
little imp^rspnai. It is howev^
(usuatf^ 1^, utfbitsed and (on
the whota^sffor fmo. Human
moderation may be sfower but
g!\/esyi>u that personal touch. ^
wed as often tueing more
tnteresting andless repetitive
than some computttr games.
Having aaki that there are. of
CtHffSe. games of tmth sorts
which break the rvies,
Q Can a comput^r-'inDdefated
game be moderaled by a 4QK
SpBCtriim, or do you neod a 16-
brt machirw'?

A ft v0ry much dep$fidsi on th$
game, and whtch pteces of rf»
game you aim to run Oft the coith
puter. If you have a game vi^ich
IS t^asicafly human-moderateci
but also requires you to do so
Isdtous cafcufaf jons oach tun \ ,
ttien aSpw^tfum woutdprobi^
do fine. 4Jm08f evwyiaq/e. pny
fe&stonai muNZ-ptayer pame is
run on a 76-bit mgchine, tttoy^,
I do know of a couple which
:ifer} 'I ^see last month s cokmnf.
butthgy»9fmrsnafm^bmw-
een tfyouakntOBeSyour^Kne
abroad then it is best to use tfi9
(ximptied OuicHbasnc language
on an IBM-compattble PC
How do you gel a PO Bok
numtjer?

A TryyouflocaiRoyaiMatl Sort-
ing QffiOS (M$in $r0ap^t office
Q Doesarulebook have lobe in
the norma! style of full-colouf
printing etc. or car^ it bejustakx
of pnnted stwets?
A A fuiebook can beta arty far-
mat you like, phof oddptod pmt-
firi, whatever. To caff tutl-aihut
prin ting ft^ norm (of a P0W
c^iarn^ is p&rtt^s a tittfe mis-
guided. Very few games haivetiM
cokxjr ful6txx)ks. or evan fuf-
cotour covers 0¥/o cotourcorars
are f&w and far tietween). Most
are plain arrd s>mpfe black and
wtiite pnnt^ bookiets. Thngs
don't have to be cohur to look
good, just get a pieastng layout,
Bome good ad. and your
n/iebook wttt be vfeil up to the
stand^dsofmartyproi&siofiB/
gamtas.

Does the game have to be
totally unlike all others or wM 1 90!
airapped over copyright laws ^
Afcadia/EgfthwoOf/i ,
A Adifficutttfuestforj.lt'ssadto
say that a truly original game s
ooiv very fjard to find, Most
games are cJ<i3v&r and naat vari-
attons of ex'5 ring gam^. Aa htig
as you rnake sure tftat there an
about as many differences as
there are strnttarities no-onp wa
worry, ffyotjrgan^ is going to
fun with teas than 10Of)iayers
no-one is going to take /mic/i
notice of you anyway. It s »tien
tttings got professionaf and large
sumsofmonGy are ^nnoiVed ihgj
tempers and ^af threats stMt
tofiy.. .

If BTfy mora of you have
queries , pleas« don 'i hesitate to
write in.

Finally \ must just say somettiing
for all thosjd peDp^ Out iher«
who ar« |uki stanirtQ a PBM
game andwanta mention mtha
column. Please don'i just send
photocopied adverts or what*
ever, To get my attention a 11*
rule paciiiago and extra intorrm-
iion IS needled. Plaase bear thm
in mimd when wrrtmg.

Next issue 111 be talking to
those people who from Protad
Basilisk arid being very rica to
them, but only if they give me lob
of free games and hirits on hOM
to win . . . Trll then, keep 'em
flooding...

1 78 CRASH Christmas Specia* 1 988

GOGGLE!

<^

S^>^

Vi€ anes you*ve been mating hr . ,

h is month sees a clutch
of hiigfi'velocity thrillers
released, cumulatively
spKtir^ «i>ough biood
lo keep a medium-
sml twsfHtal mnruAg lor t^ys, But
tie bige^ifld mo^ hyped video
« undoubtedly ll iw ii i
SplvHMff 5 Otsneyesque E,T,
iCiC Video) Less a film, more of an
event. Many who ^w it the first
tme wll rent it apin to see if it
fftally was as good as Ihey
remember 11^ arrival of the
'■"vaibie afien on Eartlfi and
s.;TB«qLten1 adventures with a
igQurban Anierican family are
«rtairily daaJ^nigly presented, with
Oscar Winning special effects,
souKt and score.

A much more recent box offkc
hit (S the film which finallv
transformed Brian Oe Patma irrto a
respectab1« household name -
Tftt MrtMidMMM (CIC Video.
ISjThis 1987 update of the TV
s«f les of the same name concerns
FBI agent Eliot Ness in a quest to
arrest Chicago nrtobster Al Capcme
Set duftng the American
prohibition (when ail alcohol was
banned m the 1930s) the movie is
rated as one of the best i^ngster
movies ewer, Ness is piayed by
Knto CiMtaMr [No Way Ouf\.
while Caporie Is played the brilliant
Robwt Da Nfro ( The Dser Hurtt&r,
Anget H$3rt etcj The Oscar-
winning performance, however, is
provided by S*in ConiMry as

Best Support trtg Actor A classic
fitm it should be ufml5sabte on
video,

An eart«r, and due to its
vnlence more controversiaf fi!m,
tw Brian De Paima is Scarfaca
(CIC Video, £9.99) A niassive
three-hour film starrtng Ai Pacbw
as a Cutiian drug dealer it drew a lot
of flak from the cntira - like most
Oe Palma films - b*rt I certsiriJy
found it watchable er»ough to re^
at ieast,

Equaity controversial is the part
mari. pari machine, all cop'
kotwCofi [Virgrn. IB). Ju&t aS
violent as the computer gams, and
even more gorey, this is iet if^ the
near-future where a dead cop,
Murpfiy, has been rebuilt as (he

ultimate cyborg cop. Whether or
not any of Murphy remafnts airve
inside RoboCop's titaniuim arffKiur
IS one of the key questiofu >n this
fast -moving fislnn Laced with a
subtle, subversive biack humour
!rie screertplay drew inspiration
irom adult comics, somefhsng
r effected In Itob B«ttin^ superb
robot suit design. Ihe man t>en«3lh
the suit IS Buci(AfaQ B^tii^i Slar
P*t»r Wsirar. whosttttageerated
body JTHJ vernenls add mwdifo the i
reaism. My personal favourite (rf
the year s releases there's
doubtlessly going lo be sorne
queues to rent thi^

Another computer g^me
insptring title is AroeM
SdnManeiwQpMKs ftvdliCor

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CRASHChnstrrtas Special 1988

(CSS/Fox, 18). Tbs has Arnie
piaying tti« leader of a ^oup o1
honourable mercenanes hired on
less than honest terms toy the CIA
far a rescue mission in Central
America. While Amies human
opponents always se«^ dioomed
tt0n\ the start, the alien pnedatof of
the title is a lot toug^ wWi a
hi^^ effective invtelbittty shield.
Oioicgue throu^xMit the movie is
terniWy corny, but once the action
begins you can forget that The
often gorey special effects are
excellent, the cinematography first
class and the action compelling.
(SchwarzenegKer's. earlier hit
movie - ThtftntUnttor (Virgin
Vlsiofi, \B) IS nofi available for
£9.99.)

Oscaf-wmnir^ cinematof^aphy
of a dtetirKtl'y different type
contributes to effect of B fi w r i a
Btrto litccr s undoubited
masterpiece. Th« Lnf Emp«fw
(RCiVColurnbia, IS} /the wmnef^jl
no less than nine O&cars, including
Best Pictufesrid&wt Director The
story IS eff ecdvety the biograpfiy of
Cliini'& last emperor. Pu ¥i, who
mat to the throne at the age of
three. Just three years after that
over 3000 years of inrpenal rule
were ended with the Communist
revotutiort. Surprkstnj^ the
Emperor and his incredible palace,
the Fortiidden Dty, were (eft to
carry on unchanged for over ten
years while the Communists ran
the resi of the country Pu Yi's
miazitig story e here totd with
unprecedented access to the
actual FocatiortSv rndking for an
almost unpar^eled visual treat. If
you dhdnt see at ttie cinema give it
a try now

Arothe r fil m which relies heavily
ofi Its visual appeal is Mm
MmtTfnm TwK (QC Video. LF| -
Steven Sp««M)ei:|fs first foray irrto
producing animated movies This
was an ungbashed attempt to
recreate the high quality of earty
Disney films, when animators
weren't quite so expensive. H
certaiftly looks nice, and cute, but
(he story is a little weak
W t wtrt hetess the adventures ol a
flyistan mouse arriving I n 1 9th
Century Amenca is bound to tie a
pofMJiar video success

Atso mwed square^ at the
'family ertterlainrnttnt' market is
tf^ Spi e iberg prcditced Battrntn
UtarJtodMirfiaC. PG}- surely an
appropriate tit te for Ch ristmas. Th hs
tells of a rundown neighbourhood
ureter threat from cynical
developers. To the rescue come
some flying saucers, while on about
the size of a plate their spscial
powers of IransformHtlOrt iftlfl^
)iBt save the day .. . WWioUt
(Question the reaf stars here are
ILM's jEndustriat Liglit and Mag]c)
top-notch, comic stop-motion

effects making the ratfier weak p<ot
a less than fatal w«aiui$s&.

By contrast thtstwyo*
HManft^Oowitfijuiid Home
Video! helps niake it one ol the best
animated films around. Available at
£9.99 this should make a pretty
good Chmtma^ present.

Aln>ost equally cute, arid much
more furtny is John Wttttr's,
iMnprmy{RCA/Ciy\umb\a. PG).
Set in Sfxties America the story
follows plump t&en^ger RfcJd
Lans in h«r efforts to win a TV
danceshow (rophy. The heart of
this hilarious coimedy is provirded
by recreations of Si)iti«5 dance
erases Besides mcbdrng ttie last
a ppearanc e of The cuit sia r DMm.
H^rspray also features singer
DiUite Hany in a supporting role.

Taking a more serious and more
prominent role m L^htOtO^n
ar>other American pop singer,
Joan Jott. Together with Back To
The Future star MfchMl J Fox She
leads a struggling rocJt group in

iZleveland. The real problems,
tt^oui^. rcvotve arourvd the pair s
strife-torn family An interesting
movie, with a great performance
from >ft. thts iS well worth
checking out.

Another rock Star, Ctui |H
Hwrfton. iS the co producer of yet
anothflf back to-the-Sixties film,
iHMiMffAISei in 1969 this
features two "resting" actors or a
perrr^nent drxigand-alcohol binge
in London . Sporadically ve ry funny
indeed this had a miited critical
reception at the bon office, but
sihould do well on video.

Appealing once more to the sell
through market te Warner's latest
pair of £9.99' per'Video collections
Frrstly there's Urn CfMskr War
Co l lac tto i. This includes tba
Woedtti H0na - an ekcrting POW
4r^;r„i. Th* CntafSaa-
documentary style WWII wai^hip
drama, Vm Dam Bawtan -
classic bombing raid film, Tha
Cakmi Story- famous K)W tale.

fe« COW In Atev- tense WW1

drama set in Libya, Tfct Battk W
Sri^hn ~ star studded
blocklHiSt e r wtie re 1t/i ng sequerce
outshine acting. £3J59tr«dmi
somewhat pretenliou'^ i '>44
bomibing raid Mm. Tha Graat
Etcafm -evenbietterthan classic
computer game, and A BrUgt
Too fat - star^ by the dofen in «
very average spectacular,

The second Warner speciaJ
ca^rnes the ambitious title Ifct
Batt Of BiHMt Dkadan
CoHection These largely ISftOs
titi^', /''fJude Jetw Boon n ws
ExCMltiHir ~ excetleni Kirjg A^u
epir. Alan Bridge s Jhm
Shooting Party supenor stonr
of class conflict tn 1913 En^anl,
Peter OuffeH's Tha Far
Faviticnt - intrigues m Imperii
lr^dia.Blt»For»ytfi s loeatHtn
Burl Lancaittr tn touchir^
Sc tl ist'i € omedy , Hufh Hifdsea'v
ffMolutfoni - epic Hop about
American Revolution and niore
successful Croysteka: The
Lagaad OfTarratt. ionf Of Tht
Mpav - stylish but a litUe too loni,
Hkhctat flMt s Oem*t taik
fiktw - mystic Happening m
Vgffc e and Kolafid Jaffa s fht
KHtaif ITtMi - the tragedy of
Cambodia, and more recent 7A«
iNMMt - beautiful ISth Century
story of Spain's occupation of
Braiil. While the best of Bnlts^
c^im IS obviously a little sjlly
considenng the ofTussions, not le
mention the inclusion of
Revoiution, this is certainly a fifsl
class collection.

A -
Christinas Carol

J

Finally we have the
appropriatety-timed video release
of the latest film version oi
Chrislmas's nrost famairs nnvel
OuniM iXckan* A Chrf^nm
Caret Starnng Gaoffa C Sceti
Stiiannati Yorti. Nigal
Davanport and nunwf ous oth«
sta;s this ts an above average Hm,
beautifully filmed (tn Shrewsbury,
just 29 miles rwrth of CRASH
Towers) and well acted Don't tw a
Scrooge rent this, or one of tte
other fine releases above for some
excellent entertainment this
OirisSmas, See you SCMMI . . .

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CRASH tells you where it's
at for the Christmas
month . . . Take your red
,aose with youl

BRISTOL, Avon

iTDecenLboi (Provisional date)
Ctuiatnui Illurnlnat«d Camlwal
Htiioric Harbouf , Bristol City Docks.
Boats on Uie wateiiiont with fesiive
ISuramatkina ptus seasonal antertain-
metit

F^r further information tal: (0272)
266031

WINCHESTKR, Hampshire

3 4 JO Jl, 17 20 December

MatwoD'b Famoui Chrlstmai Wtntar

Wondarlaod

MarweU Zoological Park, Coldan Com-

Tel; (0962) 74406,

Festive entertainment complete vnth a
j Cbnsuna$ grotto ^nd Liva reiind«ail
I Op«n dadylOOOamtoQOOpm,

Admission £3.75 {includes £0O adnus-

ttorip prasenls and refreshments) .

LONDON, Greater London

24 November to 29 Januaiy
Wtldiif « Pbotograpfaer of the Year
Natuia] History Museum. Ciomv/eU
Road 5W7.
Tel; (01) 938 9123,

A display of the winjiing entries in the
mterrLationaJ natural history photo-
graphy oompelition.
Open Monday to Saturday I0::00ain to
6 00pm. Sunday 1 :00pm to SOOpm.
Admission L adtdts £2,00, chUdren
Cl-OO

Monday to Friday 4 : 30pm to 6 : 00pm all
iz§9.

3 December to 12 March

Lawranca of Arabia

Nation Ell Fortran Gallery . St Martin's

Place WC2.

To). (01)930 1552-

Maxklng the centenary of his hlrth, the

exhibition depicts the life olons of tha

mo^ enigmatic and renownad military

leaders in 20th century British history.

Open Monday to Friday lOiOOam to

5 : OOpm. Saturday 1 00am to 6~ DC^pm,

Sunday ZiOOpoi to G:DOpm.

Admission: adults £2.50, childrea

£1.&0

7 November to 6 January
Ragant Straat ChHstma* y,gbta
Regent StT set Wl

The Lights ^11 be svritched on by a
<^tebnty guest on 7 Novembei at

6; OOpm. They will be on daily flora
3:30pm to 12:00pm

8 DaoamlHr to 6 January
MoTwagiaa Cbrlauaas Trsa Lights

Trafalgar Square WC2-
The City Qf Oslo has presented a
Norwegian spruce tree to Britain every
year since 1947 The white lights will be
switched on at 1 B : 00 on 8 December
and each evening until 24 December
carols will be sung around the tree,

t January

Lord Mayor of Westz&liister'B Big

Pwrade

Through the streets of Central London

Pafcdeolmucbtiig bands from Bntain,

Ameflca and Europ*, plus decorated

floats.

Starts 1 :00pm.

EDINBURGH^ Lothian

6-31 December
'Tba Snow Queen'

Royal Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Stteet,
Box Office: tel (031) 229 9697,
Famous Han Christian Anderson story
Mel Croucher claims Star Wars npped
off (we don't believe him, thought).
Traditional family show.

MALTON, North Yorkshire

16 to 24 December

Ualton and Norton Dlckanslan Christ-

maa Festival

Tluoughout the town.

Sup bock Id time to when Dickens was

a lad. Vlctoitatk eniertauimeiit and

street markets.

Tel: (0653) 692608.

ftUi Dottziy thinks to tha BritlBh Touiiii Ajfodatidn,

The
1988
British
Video

Awards

After f / At trying to pick the besi of
each month's video releases we
thought rt'd be good to report on
what the 1988 Video Awards
thought . . .

hdvt* cithef a rented or boughl
Video cassette recorder, and in
1 966 12 SO million will be spent
on btjrtk and £<*.')9 or Um vid-
eos. The UK'i biggest 4elling
vidw rjpe, tVjfc/i With
Mother, has sold over Cfuanef
of a mil liorr copies. Thai's a pretty healthy m^r-
k^t,}nd finflHv, it««wis, rheeolertainnwnl
industry h^s ^okicn up to thai be i Thp Daily
Mitrar^rilkh Videoffam AsKKJalion
Awardf, hHd on October ao^wtfreHadmrt-
tedly no Oscar eictr<ivdganza, bui th«? Gros-
venor House venuf wj^ pluvh dnd (hpff were
UafS aplenty to both appUud and rndke accep-
tance speeches.

Winr>er* ^vere sdected via tiie vo4lf?s of Daily
Mirror readers and wtri? confmed to iht* big,
Best Actor -type d*vgifci<. f,itht;r than friending
to the depth which m^kes (he Oscars cef^
rmoiny last so long. Watch With Mother may
have hit the top-seKer's list, bui rlie top live
Children's Videos from ihe vtAeti went as fol-
lows:

1 M«slenOrTbcUM¥erK-Dolph
Lundgrefi as the muscular TV ^nd toy charac-
ler;

2 Bis Fool ArKJ The Hendenom - k^n
Liihicow !,t jf ^ dj the l«ad of a househokl that
befriends a 7-Iqo< high sasqtMlcb;

3 FHghlOflHeNavtgalor- 12>year'o4din
Disnt'y sp.HC JfJvt'nlLire;

4 Labyrinth - Monty Python '^i Terry (ones
pfovidos rriystkal script fur Muppets;

5 ThomaiS The Tanlc Enpne And Fntridi
ftfcy And Harold .idtf ictive action from the
successful thre<?M)f nt'

Masten OlThe- L/mvev^e flopped af Ihe bon
oflvce, helping a king the demist of Cannon
pictures, but now seems to have found its per-
fiect niche Oti hoft»e video. The original car-
loon-ot-lhe-toyshas, ofcours*^ spawned I wo
Spectrum games (Mssrt*? O^F^ t-Znivprseby
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CRASH Christmas Special 1^8 131

ridwl Jdvcflture from AdvenlUHSofl - 84%,
isiue ^4), The film rlwll hds produced y*l
jfMMher one, catled, y», you $ye»wd ii -
M^efsOffheUnivene. thisi Gremlin ndeaw
earned 70% in Iwue 49 . Star Dolph L undgren
bcurretitly working on ThePuniiher. ba*^' "
or> am American camk., and i» contempbi n,^:
wrilinH hi* own »creervpbys.

Doiibtle^sly ready to malce a few quips
about Ihat4fe Kim? of the gqnlk *tar^ hefldinfi
IhenewSpeciatlniemtc^itgory. T he lop vid-
eos hcfe^verc:

1 Biiv Coniwiv: Live Al The Ailberl HaH -
(julrajwoui comedy Uom the unique
ScolSimjn;

2 Luiral And Hardy: Way Ou! W«| - more
comedy in glonoij'> bljitl*. ^nd whi[t>,

3 Comic Strip Prefenlt: Mr ftMy Lhret Nnl
Door - classic altefnative humour;

4 101 Gml Godh - fhilS kvourite;

5 Wilch With Mather - Mark'^ fawjrit^.
M (if is known no f:omputer game has yet

to feature the Big Y*n, ahhough leff Minler may
be working on> one, ^nid you mu$t tie over 1 6
to see \he hilarious X -rated Albert H<tll perrbr-
mance,

Open to rncre universal apfieai are Ihe kip
five Family videos, whkrh were as I^dIIows:

1 B^FootAndTheHefKlenorK-irilbrriigd
te^rlo vour t'yi';

2 The CoWcn Child 'Murphy's IS the Chosen
One;

3 f l*Rhi Of Tbc Navigalor ~ Tdmiiy iun rof jI!.

4 Shorl Circuit ■> CiLitlmburgartd Sheedy in
roniiiniiir rabolic advertlunes;

5 Supemufl IV - Milton Keynei becomes
MetrofKili^

Incidentaliy. Big Fool, urnfer thai superb
twAume. was 7' 2" Ke^in Peter Halt who
played a decidedly nastier critter in the
rtcemly released Pffd^tor video*

The top five Bfrtish videos covered a furpris-
ing variety of lopits ar^d were;

1 The Living OayMghti - Dakon'$ currenily
working on ihe next Bond, LkeficB Revoked^

2 With Vo*j Were Here -£mily Lloyd hits Ihe
bii; lirtH' in this hrlanous Fifties comedy;

3 The Mi$«ion-supeH>cir>em^togfaphy from

dward-winningChn^ Menfi/Sif

4 PenonjI ServiciH - a&k your Mum;

5 Whete The Wind Blowl - shocking WWlit
tale ih carToon lorni.

The Living Oityltght^ w^ the second Bond
film Id bf made into a computer gvne arid 901
63% ir> Ihsim? 43, while iHe fhird computer

182 CRASH Chhatmas Special 1 988

game- Roger Moote'f iMtuiU^vAndietOie
- is revievwd in thfs issue on page 1 &h.
The Bffvl Video Actrejse* include one
former Bond girl and come out likefhis;

1 lulk' Wallers Pfnofitif Service^:

2 ¥^1ioofK Goldberg- TheCotofPurf^Jum'

3 iCim Bastn^r - No Mcf^, Bfind Ditte;

4 Mt'fvl Strpcp - OutOfA^s;

S Kathleen Turner - f^fifty Sue Got MAftfed,
C/Jjflt?* Ot Paniton, Pnzzi'a Honour,

Winner Walters rose to fame in BBC TV's
Vk'ttiri^ Wnoci At, Sffn On TV and lalef made
hef breakthrough in moviis with a British
Oscar fbf her starring rofe m EducMing Rita.
Her latest box office hr! has her co-stairingwith
Rill CoHtnii m tfuiler, the story of or*B of the
Great Train robb«i.Anath(*f rock-tar, Roger
Oatlrey . will be appearing with her m The
Threepenny Oper^. correntfy being shot m
Budapest,

There's no British names in ttie Be4 Video
Actors, however. Tht*seare;

1 Eddie Murphy - R,iw, Beti-rfy HHh Ci3p tl
The Goitkvr Chdd,

2 Patrick Swayie - Dirty Dancing;

i Paul Hri^i^n - CrocodOe Dundee;
4 Mi'l (iiftMTift ■- i cth,ii vV'eanon;

. ^rl■\r ^rtin-/?OJirjinoe, The Thrvf

Aim ^hooiing to supersiarckjffl m Be^wif
Hiik Cop. Murphy has made a suing of crili^
L ,<lly-pann»?d films irtcludtng Bevt^ty HiUt,Ccf)
il, Thf C'Otdvfi Child AHfi Coming JoAmetic^
An 1 B-rated live pefforrnance film, Haw, lus
also been released to a miiied critical
response. NevertheleiH. Morphy has becofliw
perhaps uniquely, a guaranteed box office
draw. Where even Sylvester Stallone ha:^ h^d
flops Murphy's wiseK: racking comic personi
has yet to fat) in drawing \n the crowds . Out to
the critic ill response to his f^lm^ Murphv'i>¥l
to be in wilh d cKartceal an Obcai, so pifhaps
I hat was why he dec ided to persoTkally coUect
thi^ award.

The Best Videos of 198fi naluralfy feature
this ^ri>at ( {imi't And are came out aS follows:

1 Dirty Dancing - Sway^e and Jennifer Gfti
dar^ce the night away to the chatl-ropptni
sound! rjrk:

2 CrocodileDufhiee -Hogan'^ own brand of
Aufi^ie humour;

3 Top Gun ~ Tom C rui«e reaching fw the «»
(but only coming ihircJ);

4 lethaJ Weapon -fast-paced cop Ktton

from rJanny Cjtovef and Cibson:

> Beverty Hilli Cop It - Irom the duo that

brought you To^Cun,

The year's 6«j Video features Patrick
Sway/e as a 1950's dance instrucio/ teachini
Jennifer Grey how il'^ dorte. Dt'^ite covting
only 13 . S million Ihe film has been a huge sue*
ces-s making almost f 90 mtSlJon worldwide
The first M>ur>dtFack album has spent 4B wmb
in tfw American chiarts, wilh tf>e second nuk-
rngtheTop Ten as well . A Dirff^OftrtCingt wi-
cert has just ficiisHed a very successful tourfil
America af>d Europe, with a video of the US
lour about to be released Naiurally a sequel
lolf>erT>ovietsbeinificonsidered, whileaf^rry
Oancing T\' show is already showmij^^ on
AfTwrican screens. As for the computer
g^me . , .

Next yeaf's winners seem destined to covet
aneven broatlerspearum of fllmj, with prob^
ab^y yipt riHife compuier licences in liwre,
RohoCop, The

Uftfouchablef anr^
Rsmbo Ht are likely tu
be strong contendere
for top vidpo w Ocean
must be kicking for-
ward to if.

i# And Rex fs so strong!

Producer

Greenpeace cam £8.9&caai

£14.99 disk
Author tlwUiiht

a CO

tter Mrs Thalcher'a
coovefstoniD

vironmenlali protection

*ho nejct ywj may *o!l ask? How
about a hybrf<l atier thai looh$
like a ftiinoceros and carrios
mone guns than Rambo ? It's true
I tell you, and when Rex hears
about a huge Tower tielching out
poikilion or Zenith he has to act.
To get into the Towee (load

KJ I f^ Lf Arter iual a lew plays R»m had me totalty hook«d. The
n I ViVmain character la auv»aitly anlmatad and whM* the
graph lea are aA smaN, tttayV* also very cotourhil and ¥fr«t I' drawn,
tn fact the onty pnqfclerh with Rex Is having* to rvtrace yo^r Step9
through severail aereens after every death. Afurt from th)*, jRejr
l« fabuloua with (oad« of utterty acFMzIng waapora and gnaA.
playabllity.

84^%

two) Rex must entef a tunnel
heavily populated with erhemy
sotdiers. missites and gun
turrets. Fortunately Rex is armed
with a gun, sorns smart txxnbs
and a sN^kJ The shield tias
limited af>argY which can be
recharg>ed by standing on
special energy piatforms, Other
ptst^orms, b^irrrpads,
rematenaiize Rex when he dies,
but are often several screer»
from where Rex was killed. Also
to be found are w^^jons pods
which can gtw doubte-firirig
guns, a laser and mutti*
directionali hring. These aSt
consurm weapon energy, so it 's
as well that enemies you've shot,
deposit weapons energy
bubbles.

Arrows help guide Rex
through the tunnel but ttiere's no
ooe way to reacn the Tower. If
Re* n^anages to reach the end
otthe undergfound complex, he
gams access to iti« sacor^
stage wtiere he must set off
explosive charges in the Toww,
thben escape. A code is given at
the end of the first stage to
preserve your game statistics for
the second load.

This iS a great miM of arcade/
adventure and st>oot-'em-Lrp
play. The only real prot^lem is its

toughfiiesa , sirr^ |un>prng
around thte cavem's pEattonns
and pads ts difficult, while even
wh«in Rex is fully armed his
enemies afe formkJable
opponents. TTwe'ft no denying
the skill of the progirammers. and
if you fancy a substantial
cfidlange check it out

PHIL Ta%

AMD nix It HMm

• Apart from protection , your
ahtatd oan pIh ba uaad to
hill trwmlaa.

aWifch Itie wa*pan powar
•Iftut. The hH;|har Ihia lin
the mora d«¥attatir»e ftn
■ff «oi tfM oyrrarrt wa ap o n
wilt have.

• An extra tonm li awarded
for f apkf h4ta on •okNarv.

• H It aaama ilka you'ra Irap'
pad, rarr*»mbar tpm* *#
tti« waits pan b* ^eatreyad.

Warning r thia ■ graat looiiliitB
amf highly ptayatria blaat-
**m'up whioti If vary addlo-
ttv«. H'i alio pfatty dam
tiard, wtth lota of pretty
aprltaa daaNnfl on a cr aan to
anlp* at yoti unlaaa you sat
tham flrtt Conaidarlno **ow
mimv^ i1 la tha beam pad
prablafn'a all ih9 mors
irrttvting, bwt wHti the Ctirfat'
maa Hola oomlng up maylM
you rmt4 a tMiah otiiianoa.

i Small, highly -{tetarled graphics with great use oif colour

THE ESSENTIALS

Uoysttcks: Cursor, Komfiffiion,

Sinclair

QraptUca: mtricMely^aniniated.

smaii spntes run and teap

arour>d colourful backdrops

Sound: r>o tunes but tf>ere are

plenty of decent spot ettects (or

firing and explosions etc

Options: play pan one or two

(which needs a pass code from

the first leve^ for Bex's vital

statistics)

General rsttng: great. chaMert{|-

• rig action wh ich i s al so weU pra>

sented

Pre&entati<7n

80%

Graphics

82%

Sound

70%

Playability

81%

Addlcttve qualities

ao%

OVERALL 82%

e-^^^

^^ CRASH Christmas Special 1 988

183

4

I

Rotor-wing arcade action takes Spectrum by stormf

n* of Ih^yosr's
biggest arcade games
h^% f malty arrived on
the Spectrum and
thanti;^ to some st^le-of-l^e-
art programminq it loohs
pretty darn giocKl. The game
ta ki^^i pi ace in n c ountry where
tht gov«nrHtiAnt luas teen
ovarlftrown by rvlMls who
plan to install an evil dictiitor.
forlunatety (he linest
helicopter pilot alive, you, are
»tili al liberty with the world's
most powerful ttghting
machine alt fuelted up and
ready to go. Codenamed the
Gunship Gladiator /ou
h«»ilate hardty a second
b«tore climbing aboard and
Mtting off to restore
Dennocracy , , .

The Thunder Bt^de is armed
With machine guns and air-to-
ground missiles, tiut has no
defences other ih^n a bit of
armour plating and your skiti
at dodging bullet^- Th^se
tklHft hawQ to see you Ihrough

DUII AtlastitF,hero1Andl
I niLcan finally s^eewhat
ail the fuss was about, Th«
inrHDvativ* graplttcs
l»c}mi€|UM uw4 for the
changing perspective ar«
r«aily impre$«iv« - 1 espeeiaUy
lilie the ciryseapa ovaiin«ad
*rtew sectiorts wtieire a definite
■«nse of vertigo is induced a%
you dive towards lh« gfouncf.
But Thundor Blade iftfit Juat
i m prassivo techmcjillv- in the
playabHity &l^e%. it's
tremendouaJy »Mlcttv*, avan
though (t'% limited mainly to
'iifTipic bUi^ilmg, Untofiuniitoly
thmrm ar« Itta u»4J,it probiams
with the muitiload whi^h
rudetyintorruptd play every ao
ofton Bui ti' Hrjor

irrilalifjn, ii-, .1

•»«entiiilly two different
shoot- urn- up styles, fhumtor
Btadm represents vety good
' Nney. llSnot juil
^hoot ■■em-up,
but at*" / I rnpr n ',-»i vf <

converv-. ■■^^•>i ihcbfiUionl
coin-op and has inherited lh«
prwrt playabtlity anit high-
flying atrrmaphof » of the
ewHjJnalar C4it}rr rru|l^l>ltltf wtuit
a great Thtrtec tniat, lura m
tMne for Chr»*itmi»*f

1 84 CH/<;>t t Ut in M rrwis Spw^ia) 1 96ft

Producer USGoU

£12.911
AuOtor TlirlBx

► Down in th* canyons with the tank* on Level Two

four levels oi mechanised
mayhem. Each level ~ except
ttM final orte - ts split into three
wctions; two overhead,
vertically Hcrollmq sccliont;
and one tiding into the screen
■action. Overall there are t2
sections grouped into several
multJoads (four on the 1 2fiK,
eight 9n the 48K|.

On Level One the Thunder
Blade is flying through a city
heavily populated with tanks,
helicopters and ;ei aircraft.
Droppinq in hoight on tho
Overhciid ^f^ction mdke& the
skyscrapers and roads grow
targer in an irnpressi ve display
of 3-t> programming. The
Joystick controls left/right

direction and height, speed n
either by keys or joysti'Ck -
hoid down (ire and forward.

Once you have banted your
way through the c ity you mutt
face a large battlesh ip kicking
out tl<ik iind missiles tn all
directions. When this is surirlt
an end of level bonus is
awarded, depending on. the
amount of hits scored. The

ll

%«cor»d l«v«'l moves the playef
IQ afiotti«r |Ktt«n1ial
paintwork - scr aping
•fKOunter > rotor irtg Ihrough
i network oi cilvcrns toward
another ommous enemy.
Leve^ Thrtt« finds our intrepid
h*ri> flying over ertemY held
(uncles and waterw;jys, now
Cdmingynderfirelrom Nefivily
vined ships. The final baddie
Kere i% a huge aircran.

&y th« founh find final lev«l
the ravages of bntlle are
starting to show on your
twRofed nod dented chopper,
n wftH SB your battered and
bruised body, but Tough
mercenaries like jfou don't
gtve up, after at! you don't
think Arnie Schwarf en«qger
iMould say ' naff this for a gam^
of soldters, I'm off home' (in
hrs Austrian accent). No. he'd
fight on. in search of the
u^imaie goal - an oil refirrefy
which should make a
Mh$fying bang before you
take on the last battleship.

I think US Gold h^ive dor^e 4
great |C>b here, cortveriing
such a great com-ap to lite
Spectrum. Th« 3-0
pe/spechves arc used (o great
eftect. ospecialty an the ficsl

L ^'*

NTT ftc

on the computer version, the
game is just as much fun. I
think that US Gold are onto a
t}ig Christmas hfl with Thunder
aatfe.

MARK 90%

level with the tai\ buildings
soaring to Iheir lofty heights,
and you wainTy tugging a\ the
joystick frying to avoid them.
Althougi!i the sprites are
monochromatic, they are alt
well designed, and serve (ti«ir
functionis with a single-
minded determination - tor *
the most part thi« inoans
Mowing^ the socks atl o1 the
braive chopper pilot. I g realty
enjOy playing the arcade
version, and although the
hydraulic ch^ir isn't present

• On thB first s«ctlori« ks«p wttavlng faft and Hght, whU« firing
lUwmaci.

• Oft v«nic«Hy-tcromng saetions. um mlsailos todntroy tlw
Oround hnstaiUtlcrw.

• Try to eiimlnato as many ImtaMaftlonB on th« vrtlciBy
scrofHng I«vel8 to •am a biggw boruis.

« On the 3'D ov«rtiM<l-tri«w aacUons, l(««p Mgh to fly wm
ItM buildings.

Th« only Ihino iTttoBlngflram llMjmivr SJiadto is thtt ruddar and

moving cocl^itt, afwarytMng atoa la h*r«. Tba graplites ara
faithful to the arcade machina and full of datail, the 3-D p*f -
*p*o1hre with traca, Mocka of flats and tanks toomirtg p«t la
axcallant Thass girspNcs sly« a f aa ll rtfl of raaJism that moat
•hoot-'ani-ups l«^ and avan ttHHigti tfiara is a aibaan«a of
ecriour, Iha taro^s a«« nawar cluttarad by badly dataUod tsack*

grourtds. Thar» it a pratty

drastic multitoad systam, so

If you don't hava a taf>a

Qountar than you eoukt ba In

tiroubtal TfHmdmr

fat yat another axcal-

convarthM — a

must lor Iha aroada mashina

hinara and holicoptar aJmu-

Islion freaks aliks,

MICK 02%

Chn^t mas Special 1 988 1 8&

Ctevar Mr Bond, but not quite cfev&r enough

passport to detth cut

£14.99 dfsk
[ Author Syrofi Hiltson,

Otif^lcs by Prte Taf.

IbibH, rnu»lc by littrk

CBBfc»Otl

Attsf two diL>;.;iUiy
substandard Bond games

Issue 18 - and The Lmng
Daylights - 63%. Issue 43)
OomafK has turned to EM« for
this ooe, Appareniiy Elite were
wording on a speedboat game -
th« fiiiTi testureg a massive
Speedboat chase - and irt an
unprecectemed link-up Domarfc
arranged for the Aqu^btast
program to be converted f<x
th«ir ttconce.

The 1 973 film's plot concerns
a voodoo island wtWe thaevr) Dr
Kanaga i<& produdDg hen^n and
shipping it to tt>e USA . Since the
Dr's drug-pnoc«&sing factories
need a karge wat^ siipply
tttey've been buitt <^ a
Mtterway . TTie game begins with
3ond tfying 10 infiltrate them by
pHoting his Q-ciustomised
spe«dbaat down the hver .
Opposing Nm are enemy boai»,
rritnas and fjoallrug logs. To
prepare for a variety ot these
aaabome missions you can atso
select a trajning option - set in
thoSattaradeMTtf

Bond's a poadb oat consumes
a kit of fuat. and if H runs out the
game's ovef. Luckily, friendly*

LIVE AND NOT DIE ^

« Try BOm* of the training miBaions before taking on tha mis-
sion prop»f.

• Don't fira coitlinuousty or you'tl <te«troy th* fuai canl«iarau

• Save your mbnllet for the large gate* wtiteh obstruct your

pMtL

• Waave lelt and right to avoid the bombs trofn the launches*
■t the 9ld« of the waterway.

StiriMlftkigly, L/w An^ tar Oie is a really 8<ldl«tlve «p«adl»o«t
^hMM gam-s an-d hat soma la^taibHity if you ar^ preparscf to
pan^t 'nvith it Prasantation l» good, w'ith cotour u«e«l Meir
ttiroughout the game. Actual graphics ara very similar to
Cfte's Buggy Boy, and in fact some of the levels raaambla
tflagas of the arcade gama l«ft out Of the Spectrum convar^
sten. ffs f un to play - unti I you flat krttstad tjy the touflfhoaas,

Micfc ea%
%MKX.

helicopiers pas^ overhead from
timeioiin>e, dropping bamrate of
fuel wtihch replerush your tanks.
Hazards can either be shot with
machine guns. n^issUws
(^«antiai for some objects},
avoddad or jumped ovet by
ramming tnto a log, Buggy Boy-
style. Indee<}, Live And Lef Die

THE ESSENTIALS

resembles a cross iMtween
Rosdotasi&s and Boggy Boy,
but with the novehy of being set
on water. Unfortunately it's just
that bit too slow lo be genuinely
ayeixow-raiSing. TTTt best 007
garrve so far. though, artd fairly
addictive,

PHH. TBV,

ifoyatkka: Cursor. Keimpston. Sirtdair

Graphics; effediYe. iKhouSitv fairly slow 3-D scrolling waterway

Sound: kn-itattng lune on the
front Odd, plus a few aquatic
effects during play
Option*: delinablf! keys.
Choos« between ditferant ksca-
tions

Qenarat ratlngi: probably itta
most playable Bond gameyet^
but not realiy outstanding

Presentation

79%

Graphics

72%

Sound

32%

PlayabtlHy

70%

Addictive quatlties

69%

OVERALL 71 %

product im»^V^

JjiMiiJrfttia. music m

Something to pat
the wind up you?

Dear me, I'm afraid these
Japanese scenarios are as
innovaiive as Uieir cars. In
txief; it's the Mure. tt>e
mechanoid aliens are trying to
invade, you've volunteerad to
fight them off . first in a F- 1 4 , ttten
a tielicopteT There are Stx levels
of this and you start the game
with a standard machine gun. g
limited supply of bombs {useiy
for dropping on unsuspecting
rnechanoids bonces) and a
^mart bomb, one per life.

Naturally, after destroy a fairly
targe quani ity of aliens a tol«en is
deposited by the alien wreciugi
which should enabte you to ^
even more of tty$n\. {Abo44 AS
srnarf as those 'smart' bombi
which blow Ihemsetves up, t'd
say , ) These to*iens provide mo«
powerful weapons such as more
bombs, basars and missiles. By
skilful use of these mega-
weapons you can Hght ihrougii
to the end Of ttio levei whter't the
hunxmgous enemy thiey should
have thrown a1 you in the firsi
place lurits. These are pretty
lough dudes and wifl take every
btt of available firepower to
defaot them [it's too late to viish

# Who said gotf was
a crazy game?

Producer Accoiade/Elttctra^

Arts
Parforcaurse £4,35

£14.95 disk
AuVkk ClirltFaypn

ove over Nick Falds and
Co, this IS a program
which dhows how the
game should f^Bfly t>e
played ,

Having paid for putter and tat
you. and up to three friends,
choose which of four courses to
make foots of youiselve^ on -
Deluxe. Ciassic. Traditional or
C haiiange - then Input a suitaia^
silly names, like Ian Woosndrrt.
Each of the courses have nm
ho les *nd - if yog ' re a reaJ bonnj
fuddy-duddy - you can pradisa
any of ttiem tiefore playing a
course in full.

Once in piay the matn pari oi
Ihe aote&n shows a bird's eye
view of whichever part d ttie
putting green you're muddng
about on, Setow that 1 here's a
control panel wflh a map of tf»
complete hole, poww and
direction bars, score card and i
rather daft {or fiattenng.
dependirtg on who you ar^
picture of you, Once you've
placed the cursor where you d
like ttie ball to go, then set th9

'1

HURRICANE HINTS

• l.««m and antJcip«t» attach wsvov.

« Di»«ln»r>nti-3ircrfift turrataas soofi as pofttlbto.

• Sava ttw smart bomb^ as you will ilefmrta^ n»9d thfHn for
th« iat«r stagos.

• Tba mmatt txjmbs al so dastroy tha anamlaa bulleta so thay
can coma in v^ry Kamfy.

Another cofwcakw hot from the arcade machine, this time

it's th« aqtion packad air/sea combat gtam«, TyphtKtn. And

Ifiit i» ona co^itv^rsion that has ratainad its addtcttvermss and

piayabHliily on tha Spactrum. Thars ara axcaHant aound

aflacts and a great tune to begin aach game, Tha

harder as you (igtit your w^ay

ttvcKi^h aach wava ot

dofjfights, until It is altnosi

inrtpossible to stay alive for

mare than a few second s!

From F-t4 to cshoppv. I*"*

non stop arca^ action alf

ttia way. ignore James

Brown and tha shaaf) fanin^r

- try this Sr««t COlnHip con

irarsl<inJ

NICK a3%

So witti the battle of the
last level still nripgmg in your «ars.
you attack and hope that you
survive.

Graphically Typhoon is sirrulw
toCapcom's 7d43, the same
styte of fflonochfomatic spfitea
have bean used, arkd to rny mind
ktdii just as blanfj. albeit rtxxe
defatled Enemies swanr
around tha ptayer'a aircraft

iou had pcked up that gxtra
mt^le token that whizzed past
you on the previous SCraen). But
jitHj're such a courageous
pat^K>n that you attack
neverthal^. because the
haedom of yomr pian«t ^s at

caning as much trouble as
possible, and 9ef>efalty their
defences are hard to crach.
Playability rsn'i temble, txjt tlie
corTitnnat(on of poor
presentation ar>d totally
unoriginal fomiat gave me little
incentive to ftlay on. A mediocra
game *hich stxxild never have
been converted.

MARK SO%

Joysticks: Cursor, Kempglon, Stnctair *^t,j^
Graphics: simple sprites on messy and confusing bdckdrops

Sound: great 12fiKtrtle tune, but
nothing loo speclait dunng play
General rating: a compelent,
but unexceptional shoot -em -up
in the same mould as GO!/Cap-
coms 1943. For mindless vio-
lence freaiis only (tt\at's wtiy
Nick loved it so nnucii)

THE ESSENTIALS

Presentation

70%

Graphics

66%

Sound

63%

Playability

67%

Addictive quaitties

63%

OVERALL 67%

ONI OVER THE UMfTf

[« Practise each Kola before playing a full round.

• Try to 'read' the slopes to judge where the baJI wilt go.

• When piittmg tivouQh a moving object, h^eep tt>e fire button
praaaatf aflar ■«lacting the accuracy, the ball will only start
mowif»g when you iat go.

*Try to UB« tha slopas to help the ball into the hole.
I remember playiriii this sort of thing at the seaside when I was
hnaa^higih to a aha*p, ao ( raaJly enjoyed Mini-Putt. One probiem
ti how tiTiDortant kieh can Im - sometimes you juat whack ttia
M and ttgoMslTalght Into the holau Still that's part of the ra«l
fante* HecoiTMnended even f of non jjoWaf a and asna people Mta

. PHH. T1%

suitable power and direction
(left/ngbt) bars by two presses
on the fire button.

On first playing I was
disappointed there were no
windmills or such like, just
patches of arrows which alter
the birectHon ol the ba^i- However
upon selecting tfte Classic
course I was pieased to discover
hazards such as a space shuttle,
elephant, jet and even the Taj

IJ I Al/ This Is one to kaap
Vi 1 Wn^you f^rary for agea.

The way the tiall movee» aftd
the different power settings,
all work fine and the Classic
courte in particular It great
fun. In short a refreshing
change from tht L»9d«r
Board- type QfirfQamat which
should kaap you, and soma
friends, altematety 0logting
and cursing ttiat dam
elephant's trunk.

Mattel.

Graphic presentation of the
course is fusA adequate, except
for tt>e Classic's obstacles
which sfe qu)te nicely dr<iwn
With no need to pick a dub.
watcti the wind speed and so on
Mifii-Puti is reaJ^ easy 1 o get into
- but hard to ma^er, A good , lun
game for snncfiair sportsmen
everywhere,

MARK SO%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joystteks: Cursor. Kempston.

Sinclair

Graphk;s: a miKture ol sirnpte

arrows and weil -drawn laige

obstacies

SotirKf: not much, but it isn't

important

Options: i^ to four players can

taiie pan on any of four courses .

Practiae any hole option

Oeneral raiing: not in the same

class as Leader Soard. but an

amusingly gooly golf game

Pr«9afitBtton

71%

Graphics

61<Vb

Sound

21%

Pfayabilrty

77%

Addictive qualHies 7 1 %

OVERALL 73%

CRASH Christmas Special 1 dsa 1 87

INTERNATIONIIL FOOTBALL

# Grandstam scorn an own goalt

f

producer
Cup tickets
AuQwrTaque

^

A way man, Peter Seard^ey
^^kn his own coiTHpuier
^^tgame? Yes» the tooth(ess,
t^ .9 million pound supof^tar of

a ^iV'Scrollir^ piteh dribtaing
tie ball with perfect controf . In
fad you can assHy cbibbiethe
ball all the way up the pitch into
ttieoppcHients' goal. Evefi the
two playw optkxi and ttie 'Ere
we go' tunes dofx't ck> much to
improve such a tacky attarnpt at
computer foottiall. Long Irve
jMarchOaytf

PHIL 34%

U A D If ^ mstchstlck figurvs hobbling fnably around a vast
IViMniVatpanaa of }«rkily- scrolling pitch taMn Irnartded as
a tkarcastic commant ofi England's racent parfonnanca.
Cartainlythay didn't in«p^re any graal tairaca charrta in the
CRASH atikctt. The playars themselves didn't seem that
impcassad, aith>af tuming their backs, Of wandadiYg off in the
oppaaita direction to tt>e ball. Tha sound aaams to Im tha twst
part of this gairve. with a nice tuna wart>ling away to itsalf in both
4eK and 128K modes. But if avan roott>atl mad Phil <k>asn't Ilka
%iim, I don't reckon it tia« mucfi chance.

ao%

socc©r game.

TNs soccer simylotion has
Peter playing in his imemaitiormt
role for ttiat tyilliant (at losing)
team, England, in tli© European
Championships (bit late an'l it?K
Don't worry, Itioogh, if ■j'ou want
to win you cart ptay f Of countr»ea
like AJbania ajid Holland. Just
like the real Chanrspionships.
Uitre are two gf oops of four
teams, with the first two in each
going through to the semi-finais.

Ofice all the pre-maich
selaettons have baon made,
inciuding the Jength of the
mftlch, it's time for the kick-off.
Tha Inlay states that the learns
appear in their authentic
colour^, but I can't ramember
having seen England ever play in
all yeitow!

Onca the whistio goes you're
fmaoii with badiy-d^lnad.
flickery sprites staggartng down

188 CRASH Christmas Sp9Ciall 988

THE ESSENTIALS

J<rystieka: Cursor, Kampdton,

Stnciair

QrapMcs: Ill-defined sprites on

a jorkily -scrolling pitch

Sound: good inadley oi football

anttiems

Optiorw: one or \tto players .

Change teams in aactt gnxjp

General rating: it plays almost

aa badl^y as England^

Presentation

26%

Graphics

22%

Sound

61%

Playabillty

24%

Addictrve quattties.

20%

OVERALL 22%

NJnja muggers in Central Park!

ppooijoer SyttefliS

ShuiikAlB £12.98 casi

£l4J9dtili

Author MavDlnc,9n|iMc« toy
6ary Thornton, tnuijc
by Brian Marshall

ong ago, in 1 2th Century
4^ip<kn, mystical
Wijrnoris called Nmja
weru filmofit wiped out
cfuring .i purge by the evil
&hi>gun, Kunitoki. A single
ninja maBter, Amiakunt,
survived to continue the
teaching however. Vet.

with boijutitutly detatlod
drums cind music starKis Iyin9
around the place. Afmahunt
starts out without any
weapon !> whatsoever to hetp
him. Yet even m thii» weird,
newcnvironment.tiets safi in
the knowledge that his ninjla
skills will see him through.
Indeed, Central P;irk soon
turns out to be littef^d wrfh

mariiafl arts waapqna aui^ M
vhurikan atars, a staff and i
sword.

Combat is controlled inttw
usual beat-'om-up style wHtr
combinations of directions
and fire aceeseirtg a variety tH
moves. When unarmed.

^Juitl*avingtheladi»s-AtltCameronwhy

strangely, dunng one of hts
subsequent training sessions
n pulsahng light enveloped
hi m J n d m ;]g ic a 11^ 1 r.^nsported
111 hiin to a slriinge new plac».
And y^Q he niusi rpsume his
buitlL* with h»s ancient enemy.
Kunitoki, in presefit-d<iy New
York, .ifnid the strange
surrDiindmgs of 'gigantig
shapes covered^wrth mirrors'
(Skv&crapor^l.

And !^o the adventure begins
tn the odd settmct of a
tiandstand in Central Park.

Atmakuni can only hich or
punch his oppo<>ertt, but
holding a weapon allows ium
to stab and slaslt them.

Apart froAt tinqria fighting.
Armakuni mv%i solve logicil
pui^ies to progress fur4tar
through six multiloaded t«Mb
{even on tha 12810 at tha and
of which he will finaity gat te
meat his areh-enomy, face to
face.

20,€00 special limited
editions {worldwide) of LM
Ntriia 2 CO me in a huge |AS-Wt|

bOT, r.amplty)i! w<rJi <i -.rjll t.ikiTntciwojinnfj inM0j|<fOftli<

pUniic fshunhnn tlifi>wiiii| -.i.ir uhuhI paper biiq)
tewfun th^tt proved almost All (hi-, Unshf pockftg^

hith.iJ lu the DHice cnH - gel <li>ci.f I't ^utcMniilK^ly moafi

iMllft&on. Tl^Jdll^^) .irKi ;i hf.K.k thtu the giim« t» great but

niljji maik <wbn:h Llo^d hrt-, ihankfuHy L»Bf jMfn/>r2liv«suF

NINJA KNOW HOW

• Gfab a weapon a« soon as possible, you can't ctefoal every
ert&m]^ wilh your teet and fisls alone.

• When an enemy starts throwing shurthens, walk in the
o{>po^itc direction to him. So if ho walks left you walk right,
this way the shynken will always mi&s you-

• It the fighting is getting too furious in one screen then ju*«
walk out and rest, when you feeJ up to it go back in again.

» Use the key lo get through the gale Id the river,

• Don't tallm the Wiitor or you'd drown!

• Use the cidws to climb up the gratiitg to gel the staH,

• Keep alterruting between kickmg and punching to outwit
your opponent.

Lssit Nmia 2: the long awaited sequel to a game which unfor-
tuii«t«ly nflve>r appeared on tlie Specti unm Has the wait been
wwlti it? "Rw first thing that st ri kes you is the difficulty of the
control methods available. You have a choice ol three differ^
erit modes but they are atl impossibte lo master and your
ninja ends up looking like a driiok. The programmer has obvi-
ously spent the majority ol his time devetopmg (he graphics.
They are e)(Cetient. but what is the point having great
graphics and difficult, mortotonous gameplay? Eve^v ^^w
seconds you are kilting someone, which involves pressing
the same key over and over until your enemy d;es (probably
from boredont^ But daftplte the terrible controls there are
some chal lengi ng puules to be work ed out maki ng the g a me
mrorth persevering with Last Ninja 2 is worth buying for the
axcallant 3-D graphics, but if you have a short patience I
WNNit see you liking the controls,

HICK 67%

to tim hyp>e. It contains some
of the most beautiful isometric
graphics ever seen on a
Spectrum. This creates a
wonderful environment in
wtuch Ihif piu/ldiig action can
take place. And puzjUing il
certainly is; especially at first,
when even getting off thu first
screen is a problem.

d^aaerv'

But prhr-vH<v4<rHn<:a reveals a
Uu\fn'Mti iir.ptfinggiamewith
great altenlion to detail in both
grapttics and gameplay. My
only niggte ^ th«t the control
system is r»lli«r fiwkward
{especially tfyouhaucn't got a
joystick}, but even this faits to
sjxiti this orieotal
nnastc^r piece,

PHIL 91%

». The g/aprtlcs siinpty dazzle
:indbe'- J-

^ them. L&st Minjfa 2 is a great
THE ESSENTIALS

Joystick'

Graphs;. iiciy

rtelailed iMimetnc lamJscape

■Aitts wi'll iitiimritftlf MHifu sprues

SoundMrxMr wrtTlrhingOOOn-

rai litlu lijnoplus il low ingarne

effpTls

Options: cJucxise tMrtween three

HiV'.iK.knujvemoni modes

Genefol ratino: nnr ii \<A n h«:>fiut-

itulgr<ipt)tcsdei ' ,j|

iincxcdtonl.ptLij

iidvenluris/bc'dl ■ 'em- up

Presentation 92%

Graphics 93%

Sound 61%

PlayabilJty 85%

! Addictive qualitjes 90%

OVERALL 90%

Christmas SpeciaH98fl \m

^^^^

Ludlow on a Wednesday night?

Producer FirtWnl
j^ price Eft.99casi

You 1? has been

kici Dy demons, so

Straightening your
Prodaimers-type glasses and
fastening your loin ckAh yoti set
oti tor the local disco to chat
som«Cft« else up, Unfonunai«ly
it 's Ludlow, it's a Wednesday , so
it's cicisad. Facdd wrtt? the
prospect of ^mother castle lour
you decide to sae where the old
girls got to.

Levet Qrxi &6«a you strolling
through a rather a bigger castle
than Ludlow's, populated not hy
NitCk'iypeooNsge siud«nisbut
huge morMtors. At first all you've
got to fighl with is an axe. but
after destroying several
moneters, glowing bJodts are
deposited which give ^Ktra

with skulls. Zooming alor^g at top
speed, trying to shoot these
while avoiding stationary
monsters is no ea^y task. Bui
guess what? Your giftfriend
never left the casBtt after m So
halfway through Daotti Valley
you have to turn vtd ga back.

Arrive at the castte and you're
pretty knac . . . tired. And
there's no way youVi© leaping
about the t^astle again, but an
ok) friend is only a phone caJl
away and he's dafter than you,
be^g an eagle. You tell him to
find your beloved and let her
know it she doesn't leave now
you're never going to the movies
with hef again. In the final load,
you CdnlrgI the eagle in his
search of the lowest levels of the
dungeon. But those demons
that you savaged (well, you're
called Savage after all) on your
Kilranceare still around. Things
are not going to be easy . . .

Skulls racing towardi you in Level Two's []«sth Villey

The first thing you notce
about Savag& is the large and
spectacular graphics with
minimal colour clash, All three
sectioos look very good indeed
and while playabi^Hy's not bad
either, especially on tfie second
section. Vet while technically
first class I found the
unorifliniljty dtoapposnting, With
somuchpotenttalthe gameplay
is strangely weak . Very sirrular to
Tranter- nice graphics, shame
about the gamie.

MJUUC T1%

^ot In Ludlow uitle on Sji/^^^e's level Ort*

weaports. These are especially
useful against inass^ve
Guardi-ans-

Naluralty. wtwn you've fougihi
through Vfiem you find your
sweefh^vt's ^one for a stroll
dowfi Death Valley After a long
inulttload you set off m pursuit
only to find yourself in a battle

n LJ 1 1 Hog* gvatHMI* •••m «1l the rage «1 the momaflt lifKl
I n lL$«M09e«rlaMy hM ttMm on Level One. The next
level's Bfce the iupwti J'O 0MMteftM« bul nowhere rwer et
good , while Level Three brtnge beck memorlet of the AJctHfmitt
with huge ■p«1l«s(«itd colour clash) WNle welt pr ee e nted (apa r
rrum ttva rattier teefcy scrolling on Level Tliree}, wrttti gotod tuTH
wMl FX, Itwre'a nothing thai really grebe you and kaepv you
pteylng.

1%

SAVAGE SAVERS

• Dqnt fly too cdeee to th«
«water on Level Thr** - H'l
hrthal.

« Level Twro h«« tergela tW
move up and dOMm, mirrer
their inovementa' end
they've eesierto hit

• Never slop fklng on mnif
lemel, unless you want to b«
burted tender e swarrn of

• Keep quiohty iveeving Ml
arid right on Ihe second
levaHoavoW the nasties.
Tiwae gemas in one uMb >
HnUfig »toryfine and deosnt
pr eeamaU on. In tact, I'd jpo
as fiw tossy this tseplaesurt
to the oM eyas, wtth aaea^
lentty daffciad grspMcs,
smooth anlmatiorT end lots gf
colour with minAmsi dtt^
WhDe none of the garnes sf
parttcularty ctrlglnai theyr*
itll fun to play end tviUdtf
addictive.

MICK a4%

THE ESSENTIALS

Joysticks: Cursor. KempSlon,
Sinclair

Grephtes: rnassive sprites and
mildly impressive 3-0 perspec-
tive on Level Two
Sound; boizy. but effective, 46K
tilie tunes with crunching effscls
fjenersi rating: an odd burxte
of games which, afthough play-
able, doesn't offer much m the
originality stak^

Presentation

74%

Graph ica

80%

Sognd

72%

PlayabWtr

7S%

Addictive qualities 73%

OVERALL 74«/<

190 CRASH Christmas Special 1 988

A3 organized by
ZZAP1 Editor Gof-
don Houghton the
Challange will begin
atZ:45pai(wayback
ai the end ol a certain monlti
beginning with S'. but I'" not
r usn ihe illusion - Ed). Each cha! ■
. r igef has nomln ated afla»vie on
jvnich evefyone will have ten
miniiles to get their !iighesl
score, The e^tceptions are the
two-player gflmes Atron 5000
(Amiga) ana Match Day /f tSpftC),
whefe points will be awarded
afte^ a series of play -off s. On
each game the winner wiH be
given »K points, the mnr>er-up
five points and so on-
After lurtch most of fltie com-
petitors are still aflecting an air
of ni^nchalant disdam, No-one
wants to seem foo concerned-
BiA the veneer ol civilhied
behaviour soon disappears with
lh& amva! of pfrotographers
Cameron ' lobK at me not the
screefi' Pound and Michael 'I'm
camera shy too" Parkinson,
Chaos ensues as the distracting
duo jump onto tables, set off
dazzling flash guns and yell out
belittli ng commtents , It a CRASH
reviewer is again lo win the Cha! ■
fenge, as m '86, he's going to
r>e«d superb concentration. First
ol aH. here's a mndown of the
competitors . ,

^^^4%^3

THE
CHALLENGERS'

CHALLENGE

i^y-.

The last Inter-magazine Challenge was heM way

back fn Christinas 1 986, when AMTIXf (they of the

Ainstrads) provided some of the worst competi-

!Ju il.!,'^^ memory. Two years later AMTIX! has

rassment, but since then THE GAMES MACHUME
has been launched and Hs staff make the IBBB
Challenge once again a tripartite affair.
Everyone s favourite, LtOYD MANGRAM investi-
Qates , . .

49Sl One of CRASH'S top

f

wordsmiths, end forever
borrowing my Long
Word Dtetionaiy. is this
decktedfy reticent young
tocal. Ashed about bts
interests, ail hell admit
to is ro^pjaying games.

lntei^>gont^y avoiding provkUng ammufiiltoo

for the Ed wf>o has so far trtxrted Ph« a
sheep larnior" and undenwaler soooter
enthusiast. (Who? We? - Ed.)

&Nn*.- Match Day II, RW has won a
CfiASHCha^sngfSontt}is3'0,3-0 Upon
homing of Phit'3 choice, ZZAPf and TGM
staff were fhrown mtodesfmir-' untoftu-
naMy so ¥fas Nick 'Mf Cmctaltty ' ftobarts.
TBctkm: diase dvwy bait, r^vmtgt mv-
ttung go md don't piay Phtit ^^-

NICK ROBERTS

Why CRASH Wptilers
have to be such slaves to
fashion I'll never know,
but Nick follows Ihelrad^
rtion with panache. A
pan-time college stu-
dent, sorry, a pan-tin>e
f,^. CRASH wnter Nick stilt

tfnds time to D.J. his 'supremely hip'
IMAGES - Disc<3 Entertainment.

Favourite pop grnup: Pet Shop Boys
Most prominent office poster: Game Over W
Pel haies! Editorial comrrents [inking him
with an overconsumption of nutnents (esp
pizzas). For yet more informalkm on Nick
Check out his Guide To Crucialrty {pegs 206!

Qsma: CybemoHJ, ofcpurss. Sssefos
tefrgNtofs favourite game fm's atso won
r/wCytwnoid CRASH ChaOenge, 3-0 Other
crmffengefs iike the gama as vw#, on their
own machines, but snowing a re^eshintj
l0Ck of sneaky tacttcs Nick picks tt anyway
™f™- cQUectasamtyiawei$ as possi-
ble, than daafi tor the enc/oflevefbonus&s.

-o,

CRASH Christmas Special 1 988 191

A relatively recent addi-
tion to the ZZAP1 team
the ScouBer fi om Rini
distinguished himself at
the 1 968 PC Show as tti©
most coilourf uj . it not def -
teai, of the tot tjy cav&-
ing him«il( wrilh Ohbugs.
Prior to being drafted to 2ZAP!, Maff wae a
nmnbef ot an amateur pop group whKih
used to make pfOfno videos of thernselves
Favourite pop Qf OUp: Front 242 (who? ) . Most
promtnemt office poster; Gamtt Ovsf H
(aoakil), Pm hates: SpM^mms and Match

Day /f (ah well, who cares?!

Qamt: fi4enace on ttt& machkve Matt
adoras, ttre Amiga Menaces a Salarnander-
Styto d!io^' 'em -cip, c&npl&te witti awg-
soma onti^oi-levei nasty, (kify one Hfe is
ott$taei. but by d&stroyingaft ttta atorts m an
mttack wave b txtnus icon is dropped which
can pfotfide extra (Xfims, wagons and
sfi$oid powsf accofdtng to htjm many tr/nes

TacUca: laam anenry attack paTiems,
tiastroy last atim in wave as far horn fight ot
screen as possible ~ giving maximum Un^
to blast poirits/wee^Ofi b^ifs icon into
requimdl a^-on.

GO^Q^ON HOUOHtON

Ttie latest man at the
heitmolNevwJiBld'e
moigieai'nAgBZJfle (Ururt's
2ZA.P1), Gordon has
pfes«ded over an €xp«n
'estyUivdotEhaS^
owner's favourite or^an ,
FovouritG IfiiEureacttvlfty;
attending Gefman b^er fe tost

pfOfTinen? offjce omarrieniL. r^j u namzaar^
a gilani fish. Pat tiatsai. ^ftw^^ house
lawyers.

OMfflM,' Hunter's Moort on the CS4 A
i^iOic&witi^mgarded as B wo/it t
getiius ^nca this m a ZZAPi Sizzter l^t>tlt:f . ay

< ^

ZZAPf dtarist Martin W^fker for Nawsfieid's

Hu r de up oi sys ferns, aat^

<Mvtti6Ci ifiti> s^veis uvt:i(^ contam up to three
$tar ceiKs. Qolt0cting celts in ttvs eight-way
scfQtting Sitoot- 'enf'up tnvotvs^ blasting
through the mA2e-iik0^ tnves which contain
them. Untottumteiy th& hives o3fitfnij*itiy
rebviki l!^Namso^«S via a cirrsor which ctfcfo&
though Vwm. Ob^iousJy a lih is k>st ft tha
cursor rebuilds th&brt oft^lastadhfve you 're
passing through.

Tactics know where theataf cetfs are hid-
dm, bapati^tsoMS not lorush tntocurmy'S
path and e/(her mafce &ure you 're name 'a
Gordon fiovghton nr you 've practised for at
least stx months.

ROBili^CANDy

Robin C has woft^od \r
CRASH almost trom n
bQginning\ maikjng his.,
first appearance as «
morf^r itnf CRASH T-

xv.tj'A tvjotn tiastjeoon-.

increasingly otlsasse'J
with style and is never s^n looking le^thi
tolally lashiooable. Dunng his days at
CRASH he's designed a tevel of Micrtma
One. the title screen for Swee^'a's tVorto
w«ll 09 boa£tii>Q a rare Ekt9 tiadger. Cun-or t
giudying at college for a career as an Air
ofttecf Flo&in now worttii per^-*^^-^ f^ TG'-'
- txji ai teftsJi hjs lips no lorn r fT»v

des^ as in Iheold days. Favour^ to pap group
Propaganda/Ad.

Qtutie: Thunder Blade ori the Sega con-
sole* A choicB heavily (nfiitenced by th&
Macl^iaveitian schefr^mg of follow TGM
reviewer Bdm Hogg. According to the lat-
ief'$ r^aaankiQ. a Sega garm would t»m
exe^ent choice srnce nor>e of the othef
magazines wotjid've had a chance to pfs^ *
-buttbm£^tunRob«nChBdnlpiay0itii
mtxh eitttef. The actual gairyc is made uf
stages <M^^intQ three (evets; oyethean.
verttcaify scroliirtg sbOQi- 'am-t^, mora of
ths same in 3-0 with the heUcopter Itytng
itJto tlie screen' And tiAck to an oveth^d
view

Tmetiea: moveaboutalot^ittlaaTf atta:-
wavBS. In fact, practising on it wouldn Ibes
bad idea, PHfU

nO%l-M ,HOGG

r^^tlj^iLM Having worked on TGM

/ ^1b virtually (roiTi the begin-

/ J ^ nmg Robin is orw ot the

' /I jffc ^y most experienced

LJ^ . ^ J retfie^&ra and rt's obvi-

jiT > <. -' Jk^ ^>**» •* intends lo win

m >%^r^ Bwktes running TGM 's

/■ Info Desk and Conlron-

inter nil tWfwp mfinBfy.

Fii''.ju, ivt; pop group. Det L^jpard/Bon
Jovi. Most prominent oHice poster: Red

Storm f^r ites oerogalory com-
ments atjou :i -K and white Fiat P 3 nd . <

fThe only man to add ' mst' to hjs (ouf - : r
word vocabulary! - Ed)

lOarn*: Atron 5000 on the Amiga. This
gra^hkiaSy mediocm two^playBr Ugtrt-cyde
ga/ne & ktcreditfy pfsyabie end Robin 's
bsen practising on it stncB TGM first
reviewed it^

Tti^ie#.^ cotfSfCt sf>ecff^ fefltiifl? icons
before^i' '■'fe

speed-ups ^.'^ ,>.....,,.,; ^.u...,..^; ,....i,-.

4ml into batile they
went.

m m

BLADE

By the time you read this you've
probably already played
CRASH'S SpectnjTTi TTrundlar
Blade demo, but as the Chat*
ienge begins none of the CRASH
teem have, so tftey're happy to
let Robin H take first go The
headbanger with a US Marines
haircut tak«s hold Of th@ small,
Sega pystick with a self-confi-
dent smirk. But no sooner than
he's pressed fire than the media
pack pounce. Michael crouches
down to photograph the
deepest recesses of Rotwn's
nostrits while Cameron leaps
onto a table to fiast^n any
developing bald spots. With riot-
ous 21ZAP! reviewers gathered
round as well. Robin gets off to a
shakey stdft Alter lusi four
m i nut as he's tost two ot his three

Itves and is looking decidedly
urmerved, Rather than persist
with only a single life he resets
tt^game.

Unfonunateiy just as he starts
again the TGM Cheerlead<ng
squad turns up with a 'who do
weaw>feciate' chant and
energetic ' star' jumps, Tf>e
squad, m matching cycling
stwyts. IS led by Group Promo-
lions Executive Richard Eddy. A
membef of the rKilonous 86
AMTTX! team. Richard was then
quoted as saying: 'I just don't
playgames- that's all there Is to
itf - Initiaily it MemS he might
again sabotage hla favoured
magazine's chances, but Robin
strvggle^ on, urging tf)echeer-
leaiders to hassle someone else.
When his time ojns out his score
is a massive St 7000, Who can
follow that?

While Nick stays in the back-
I ground, Phil bravely steps ir^lo

192 CRASH Chnstmas Spectal 1 988

\

me rrwdia noopla Suffering
advbe fiom Aiobtn C along the
Ines of 'oollecl that firebaTI for
eitf ra po vw&r ' Ph >)'* ftfst t um gels
off 10 a rocky sraft, and quick a
r03«t. Qf> his ftecofid aitdmpt
Phil gels io the 3-0 sectioii m
mm 96000 before heavy ant^
aircraft tire from *''•■-• •-"■'"- ^--ng
nun down. On h pt

Phil fights lt»ou0i lt'« f>r»l SiSC-
tion wtthoul losing a i^> but
once again tiak proves lethal -
12*6000. A ftnat go m the few
nKnules remamingi betters that
scof e to provide a respectable
133000.

Hawtng closely waich«d Ptnl's
probtems Nick d«cf ties to &Mt it
sgohrmr-eH His'ium^jeisoHto
sninau "J a life

secticrn. Rather ' h

persists at^ to iose >oi iMiotrnar
Irfeoo section twfj-iivt»en dodg-
ingawaveo - ihioiinthe

way Qif 9. htnL^.: . ..k^ shrugs i1
off ttKHjgh, and stKxessfully
comptetes Stage One The
bonus gives h i m 605000 and

M hecklers are momentaniy
^..u[X>ad,

Stage Two ts set in the courv-
tryside and Ntcjc skiliruUy pilots
hia copter through a t>anraE^ of
enemy fire In the first valley seC'
t<on, Even Robin H begicts fo
kWk w<irried Section tv^ ts in 3~
D, wtih the coptar lfyi09ip%
between stone pn liars in fl unnel .
[Stick misjudges one by a i ractioo
ami 9003 down ki flames, after
siK mjnutes and forty seconds.

■" ^r, :.,■....- 713000.

■ 'J.,!- :jy looks rf :.tincily
■ ■; r when hi: -vn to

jjciji jack's sCOTc '.■ . jdme
«hich 18 fiuppoaod' ! ' ' J'- ^is own.
".' f'maiewkhtsurvi'vesahail

■ CI complel t ■ Statjia One. In
; Two tie dt' n't progress

mutti iyrther than Nick - |ust
5r>fx»n1"i 1 edge htm i nlo second
.■. .th 774000.
: .IZAP* learn lake th«f
turns next and. despite the
encouragement of Front 24? 's
Head Hunter ' pOL^r^Jlng from
Mart sghGtto blaster, surfer from
not having played the garrw
before. Gordon manages fifth
place with 124000 while M.iff
lakes last place on 1 1(6000

ynu^i

The naxtgani«, however, i^
Maff' s own choice anci his first
go is a suiiably impressive
derrxjnstration. Making eJicel-
lent use of bonus Icons, Maff
builds up a formidable array of
weapOfiry to power through his
ten minutes wittKMJt ever looking
vuNierable. This masterful dis-
play takes Maff to the end -of -
teval monster on Level Three and
119740. Gordon plays next and
shows off his own practise with
& respectabte 1 02490. Robin C
f(^k}ws With 101 &40. agonair>gily
dose to Gordon "s score but not
quite good enough. In tt>e mean-

time Roll's b^n helping time
some other QafTios and coows to
fttonaoo unp«iBp*rad. He does
tine avoiding the alien attack
wavft», but hasn't qij4ie got the
krtaek of collecting Ihe add-on
v«apo*WL TM unfortunate con*
i.eqi>enee ^ that when be
re;i ;h6s the end'Of>l0wel nasty
he 3 woefully underamted. After
several lortg seoonde Of doc^i^
the monster'a buiMs. Pttll's
las'-'-ha? itiode htlle impact on
th IT and tt unleash^; a

faUii <.jii:iitiM^\ o4 homing rrus-
siles ^ 28700. A second ait empt
ts much the si|ns m the first, but
at least improttpt tlis acore Id
33300- ^

Nick lakes his turn next, and
once aaatn showg he's b»sn
watching ottier pcNr^f^ie's factif*?
Level One. the Sea ot Kjjti^ijt;,
is compieted almost effortleaaty
through good use of bonus
icons. Level Two, the Vanguard
Warzone. is begun after Nick
asks 242 to be turned down.
With sampled speech informing
Ntck of the weapor^shepicks up.
the tips expert smootfily Com-
pieies the level Carnage Rift
seems hltle harder, until Niok
faiis by about two laser hits to
turn a bonus icon into extra
shieki power. Nick bravely bat-
tles on a little longer bul tt>e mis-
take proves sadly fa*^
ivievertheless his superb score of
102940 puts htm, for the
moment . m s^i^ood place tiaving
beaten Gordon's score by just
4 50 point s , Finalty it's Hctom H 's
turn . hte ' s reviewed the game for
TGM and his perfOfrniance is
predictably sJck, sconng the
first nujor upset of the Chal-
lenge by beating Maff's score.
His 126390 win on another
magazines choice, logether
with his victory on r/rundar

Biade, dttar^ puts him ui the
lead with a maximum of 1 2
points ~ and Amm 5000 has ytfl
to be played. But m second
place Nick certainly isn't doing
badV either and ha& eight polnfs
ihroug^ two good third places
on two 'away' {^mes.

MOON

Competition now moves o<ii to
the s«<wd ZZAP! game -Got
don's esoteric shoot-'em-up
Hufitgr'S A4ooni, If lh«
seems designed fn ^
7.-,.'.-" --inlntjutors It doesn't do
! Gordon either Without

any apparent effort he scores a
huge 46275. Uitle intimidated
Robin H plays next, but can't

repeat his eartter sucoesses btkJ
must beoontant wttft just 20100.
Maff has nover much liked

tOv L>arxkinms

go in dis^ii:. wiina Maff leaves
for a jumble PhU once again
has to tacWeagmna he's hardly
ptayed. Despite a determuiod
Qftort he can nrtanage no rriofe
than aoOO. When Matt returns ha
gives a Nni el how the game
should be played scoring 1 5d25
Robin C doesn't watch . how-
ever , and pays the price of itmt-
pwience^ or^just beating PTtH
with 9675. vww) Nick itfce« Na
lum he k»es a life in pract^z^afly
ihe Tir^ second. Hb resets,
conges joystidcs s^ fns
another go. The cruel irwuy of the
game is that the mote Nrck
fearm about the imporiance ol
patience in piaytng ttie game, the
lemt time he ha!i to practise it.
Neverthele^ iiscc^eof

11200 is enr..„y giv& him a

f03p«ctable fourth j;iaoe.

Gkvdon's fiTBt pCace five has
tMXisitd him lejcrifit second wtlh
N*ck, each on 11 pants, Robin
H. however, t$ even further In ;the
lead with t7 po<nts In fourth
place there's MsA on ten points,
in fifth Robin C hos nine points,
whHe Phil traits on five points in
siKth position. On the next game,
however. CRASH most surely do

Clearly piettsed with his cnjsNng
vkHory on Huntafs MoonQof-
don ohooees to be first on
CjrbarvKMd, a game he wifoys on
lbs Airige The Spectrum game
plays faster ihrnrq*' . rjTf rr» the
erK) o'f^i5 ten minutes Gordon
has lu be satisfted with v 1 800.
I^^aff plays next and mumbling
unrepeatable oonvnents about
the Spectrum manages a derts-
ory 10900. Next one to take the

CRASH Christmas Special 1988 193

1 "T^llS TO L^\C

Cytiemc^ervaJIwige is Robin
Cartdy. Havittg practlged Uie
name quite heavily on ti^ Spac-
trum he ^eoms a tormidablQ
opponem He's ddCKdod to
spend a lot of tima on tlie |ewe<
tx}llection 9C(«ttn9 bafcxre dash-
ing for 1^ «ncl of level bonus,
linfortunatetj^ he keeps dying
whfto coVectinQ j»w«ls and is
forced 10 maet. On Nb second
tufn he does a litlte b«tler
thougli. finail score 6W40. Robin
H plays next ar>d is soon m the
teadagajn. hnt^ingvnlh32S70.

Posslbfy a fiTlte put off by
watching flot>m C'e atl^impt
Mick makM a tembte start,
quicWy (oafig t*o lives f^lloct-
109 |6\wel3. Hh resets, only to lose

DAY II

CRASH s Maradona" puis on a
Virtuoso display here beating
Gordon GkO, Robin C 2-0 tmd
Robin H 4-0 to become undus*
ptrtect champion, Flobfn H'$ nar-
row 2- 1 victory over R<*in C
gfve« him second ptace and tt^
latter Ihird place. Tlie rinal three
positiors see the two 22AP!
revie««rs. and m particular Maff ,
mumbling over attntiute prob-
terms as they sw ttio ChaHenf*
giQing 10 Robin H, Oeap^iheir
complaints they stilj tjoal Nick.
|who cof^siders itve gftm«
ber>aeth him), putting Gordon
fourth and Matf fifth.

Bnothflf kfa in the )ewet section.
Wi^iy cbanging tactics he lays
some mines to form a Uarrier
behind which he talirti the
alien? Jot ^ wels. A huge score te
bL»lt-up and N«k finishes Level
iDne with 31 CSS and only two
lives lost. On Level Two he bat-
tles his way to another jewet
screen and amasses 67752
before time rurta out.

Can Phil now restore his
games credentials? He too
makes a stiaJtey start and has to
fesei &j\ on his isecond go hes
far more salt-confident and his
fingers flicker expertly over the
SpeclnjTn's keytK}ard Unforlu-
naiely due (o a lack of communi-
cation with hi 5 limekeeper he
speixls too much i ime on the
Level Two's jewel 8o>ean and
can't get io the secorxj and-of-
level bonus. His final scofi* Of
63 1 57 gives him a well- deserved
second place.

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threatened, Mafi, despite haling
the game, somehow oomes sec-
ond with Robin C in third place
and aorck>n in fourth. A Close.
37-28 match beiween Phi) and
Mick gives the latter victory con-
firming his JCNO! second-place
finish with Gorckm - txjth on 20
points, fn fourth place, just one
point behind it's Maff, then
f^bin C ( 1 ^ and finally Phil on
1 7. Oompaned to su^ surpris-
ingly chMe points Robin Hogg's
victory on 32 points is all the
more astounding - and leads to
him be*ng firmly put m his place
in tfw after -match photo see-
non.

Mext mo4i1ft (or pertiaps the month aftw - Ed} fin>alty sens the
return of Robin Candy in the eagerly- awaited The Empire Strikes
Back Challenge. Different time, same place and ali thi? fun of Ihn
fair. A/id lei's wish Robin the very beat of luck! He'll need It.

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Jingle bells, ^iugle bells,
\iTigle all the wav-
Brand new toys on Cbrvstm^s mom . » .
no battetles till Boxing Day.
Crucial people need cmcial accessories. And
there's no person more crucial (or rich) than
MEL CROUCHER (apart from Nick Roberts),
So we asked Mel what he thought would be
the top trendy gadgets of this Christmas sea-
son. It doesn't matter what they do (pref era*
bly nothing), just so long as no-one else has
got them. Here's what he came up with . . .

Electronic Cobblers

Wo kick off &ist with an incredible techno toy for shoe caia,
so cobblers bevyarel The Valeimaster Shoe Valet only needs
two- hundred and forty volts, and£73,35of your mon^, lodo
the job that 4A old rag can do just as wall Just plug it in. turn
tt on and put your fool in it. And what 's moie, (he Bdvartming
blurb lackons that it 'only takes a few minutes' to do what
hand polishing c«n achieve m seconds. BnUiantf

Let there be light

Next, lot mo spotlight
another really useful item
that shotild be on everyone's.
Christmas list. The Power
Beam 2D00torch costs a mate
£3.9 5 and is m£id« of, wait for
It, plastic' It features a con-
venient ring binder' for slip-
ping into last Chiistmas's
Filofax, end is designed to
worK at a depth of ten metres
underwater. So next time
grandad drops his false teeth
down the loo. simply leach
for your Power Seam and
jump dowi\ the Ubond to
resctiethem

1 98 CRASH Christmas Speci al 1 988

Frothy coffee

Fed up wiQi dai cotfee? Of
Course you are. £»ut the flat
coffee misery is now at an
end. thanks to this space-
age mains-powered coffee
spoon Bt only £29.9&. You
can also use its aiaam injec-
tion noz?>e to clean out Ui«
wax from your ears' -
although this is not recom-
mended by the manufactur-
ers

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Balls and yet more balls

BaiiK rLi4^ deQiutuly LN thib Chji»t4:nyk^, and here's my round-up
of crucial gadgets to help you get the best out of them, kick-
ing off with the Check-Go 'sweet spot' fender. You simply
plonk your favourite ball inside the gizmo, then wait while a
lO^OOOrpm motor spins it around and finds its natural axis.
Then you mark the axis with a special pen and remove your
ball. Only £13 J5 mcluding batteries and pen What> Oh,
sorry. It's meant to improve your golf

Massaging doors

A must for Anyone who

wants to massage their eggs

withballs {or vice versa) and

I quote, 'Wh«tt executive

stress starts to attack, close

the door . . . and massage it

away , ' Yes folks, gel nd of

those stressful doors with

this battery ' ope rated

persojiaj v^ration device (batteries not included) at

£6,65. You can also emboss your balls with your initials, using

a vicious looking cast iron machine, but 1 will not pubUcize it

for reasons of bad taste.

Anyone for ten-
nis?

Now why didn't t think of
ihxB one before I For a mere
El 1.35 you can buy an elec-
tronic digital alarm clock m a
bail, and when it goes off in
the early hours you can
throw It avray. There>a]so a
baseball for Charmel 4 -view-
ing readers

Tee time

Advertised as ' the first game

of tts kmd ' (by someone

who's been living on another

planet for the past five

years), this computer game

really does feature a whole

load of bails- One or two

players can choose from a

staggermg selection of one

course fid holes, though'), and play this incr i

tion on a huge 2^4" screen. But the raalbFeaMtL...»^. ..t.h&

price of Pro Golf, because although it displays slightly less
than a C\.S9 goil sunulator, it only costs £49.9B.

Short and curlies

Ami novj foi it I'll of

proud to report a cure for pro-
matuie bBldJes Ixke me. Ycvr;
f oUts , f Of oftl V C 1 2 S5 y ou c<i 1 1
buy an afiuc^ol can of MANE
spray-on hair. It contains a
sort of ©l&cuostattc mueslt,
nod at last you wxU b« abl« lo
turn inio a w«(owolf and
damage the ozone layer al
the sBsne tune A vital pur-
thaso.

Pulling the wool

AU fight, i know I'va iocom-
mended this amazing device
m a suJt^r publication (THE
GAMES MACHINE), but I
consider it my duty to spt«ad
the word as widely as possi'
blfl (and get as much money
as posnble - Ed}. Not rQcom-
mendsd for people ^th Bel-
tajit accents, the Ciothea
Shave; la a battery operated
clothes groomei for remov-
mg all thos* irritating fluffy
balls.' No Jonger do we have
to rely on siUy old'fashion«d
fingers, now we can spend
£5.95andshave(mr woolhes
electrically,

Shut up! Shush!

Probably my JavoLjiite techno toy this season. A user-friendly
set of bathroom scales, accurate to 'the nearest pound'
(wow, doncha just love h^toch, ) Not only can it remerttber the
woights of up to 5ve people (don't ask me how you get five
people to ffiand on it), but it will aUso tell you how much pork
you've gamed or lost since yesterday, vrish you 'goodbye'
and 'have a mce day", and plead Joi soma new batteries il
somebody missds the urinal ]t& synthetic vroice sounds hkv
Ronald Reagan on acid, and youll be pleased to know that it
only costs £89 95 excluding the seven batteries it needs to
operate.

Forget it!

\ Forget those pocket cassette
lecord&rs that offer hours of
record and playback, here's
a teal bit of techno mnova-
tion. The Plus Voice Memo
only cost« the same as a noi-
mal reoorder, but for £19.95
you get a whole Thirty Sec-
onds of looped tape. Imagine
what you could record In a
whole thirty seconds folks.
Literally dozens of words
And that'£ not all, after
playback the tape automattcally resets lot next ttme you
want to record Th 6' ft rs I verse Of yOur favourite song, and you
can wipe out your last memo completely by automatic acci-
dent

Note the message

The Vital commurucatioos modem that w«'ve all been weii-
ing for A miniature plastic grand piano for £29 S& with num-
bered hey B for easy dialling^ and a neat httleiid that you stuff
in vouf oar if you want to make a phone call. Should you 'want
to r<j!ax m complete pnvacy, you can simply turn the tele-
phone off I', You will be pleased to hear that it ff^oma^s com-
plete with an approved BT plug, although ihs straitjacket
appoaxs to be missmg

Dancing in the dark

Here s a fantastic way to deal with pick pockets, a iight-sen-
sitive wallet which screams if it gets nicked. For a mere
£1 4 95 you can Kaep aJl youi cash and credit cards m the
Alarm Wallet and press the UtUe bghi- sensitive burglar alaim
that goes off wherii you take it out. Then just hope that
nobody decides to steal it in the dark, when 85% of CiU
biirglanes take place WhoopsI

More nickers

Speaking of nickers, how about an elecrronic g^iard dog (or
£44.9B?The Boston Bulldog gets plugf; lii, and

doesR'tn&edfeadini^, taking for waUtSi^. ^j- ,-,-^' .=v-opsrto
clear up after it. It will detect eny loud noiae at a rangeof sev-
eral feet, and start barking fierce warmngs for uptoaminute.
Naturally, you will have to ask any burglars to make a loud
noise when they come to call, but apart from that . . .

I wasn't pushed . . .

Fresh on the market, this C9.Bh product should really clean
up. It not only cleans both sides of tho window at the same
time. It also cleans both sides of the w^indow at the same
time.(l) Unfortxinately it ain't suitable for double-glaring.
htgh'Fise buildings, strong winds and f^eopta with no sense
of hmnouf . but with lucjt you may persuade mum's hair cur-
lers and any other stray metallic objects to crash through the
window

W«ll folks, I hope ttiat this careful analysis of the
latest high-tech gift ideas haa solved all of your prs-
asnC-buying problems. I know it's helped me. After
careful CO nsidflration I have decided to give a vetyone
the same sensible item which is the very latest tiUlity
product. My choice? Edible knickers. Male or female,
£3.95 fromEstcourt Trading of Tetbury in Gloucester,
.All of my other retrammendatloiiB are available from
Premiere or Innovations mall order (^0793-514666
for more information and a catalogue), and if you
decide to buy them then you're even dafter than me.
Merry Christmaa » . .

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